Quotes About Attitude

It is possible for the assembly-line worker consigned to tightening the bolts on the transmission and the office worker who processes medical insurance claims to work with pride and efficiency, but it's not easy to maintain that attitude.

I'm just going to be a sponge. I'm going to be a good teammate. I'm going to be a hard worker, earn my respect first.

When I was playing, some people said I was a luxury player, but I was just a hard worker.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.

You want hard workers. You'd be surprised how many people tell me, 'I don't need to work hard. I'm smart.' Really?

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.

I'm a businessman. I bring my bat and glove and attache case to the office and go to work. I don't give a damn if the other workers at the office like me or not.

It hasn't always been easy. There's a lot of hard moments. Sometimes you learn from the end of the bench. Sometimes you learn from injuries. Sometimes you learn the most through the hard things. If you can keep a good attitude and keep on working, eventually situations change, and you can put those things to use.

The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.

There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.

I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations; they're not working hard to change things. When you're a slacker with a pessimistic view of the future, you're likely to meet those expectations.

If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.

I don't recommend not working hard, but it's worked for me.

People seem to think when you lose a match it's because you are not working hard.

It's nice to have pressure. It keeps you going and keeps you working hard but if you think too much about it then it could get into your head, and you play your best football when you're enjoying yourself and if you're relaxed - so that's what I'll try to do.

I spent some time in Paris when I made 'Black Tights.' The working people were great but I didn't like the attitude of merchants who raised prices when they learned you were an American.

There's this working-class guilt - you don't want to be flashy.

Some of my friends laugh at me and tell me I'm far too working-class about my childcare, but I refuse to have a nanny.

You don't scrunch your face during an ab workout because you know it has nothing to do with your belly.

Listen, we've drafted guys that wouldn't come in for workouts before. It's not the end of the world.

I didn't care about the draft. I didn't want to do the workouts - they put you in two-on-two full-court drills with guards. That's not going to help me.

I just go in, go do my workouts, go as hard as I can and let the chips fall where they may.

There are terrible jerks, and there are an unusually large concentration of them in the workplace. And that means that you do have to make some changes in your behavior, but there is absolutely no need for you to give them power over your happiness.