2V: What is Motivation?

"Let's go boys!" "You got this!" "You can beat IUP, JUST DON"T GIVE UP!" Seems like motivation to me? Everyday at football practice we are attacked by a slew of motivational comments from all eight of our coaches. Motivation in my own words is simple really. Positive reinforcement when one is doing something as strenuous as squatting 455 pounds or as simple as doing the math problem on the white board in front of the class. The act of motivation is being able to push through something, and having that mental toughness and physical desire to keep going, no matter how sore or tired your body is. Motivation from others around you and self-motivation are two things that cannot be lacked if one wants to have complete success at what he or she is doing.