Quotes About Discipline

You do have to kind of sit down and try to write, because it's not the easiest thing when you're off and on planes. I'm sure if you're always on a bus, it's a little bit easier.

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.

Arjun's character has brought discipline in my life. Now everything happens in my life well planned. Initially, I used to get up at any time, but now I get up at appropriate time, and I keep a check on my diet.

Unai is very calm, composed and extremely detailed in what he expects. From Monday through to Friday, every single training session is very carefully planned.

For me, using a notebook every day keeps me on track! Some people use planners; those are great, too.

One cheat meal once in a while is fine as long as you stay on track the rest of the planning. I had five really good meals today, one cheat meal.

I never, ever deviate from my plans.

Don't get me wrong - I love going to academy every day and training as hard as I can; I love to learn. But I have other plans. When you are in the UFC, you gotta save 80 percent of your time for that. I want to do other nice stuff, other things that give me pleasure also.

We know that we can't make contact with the baseball with our front foot not firmly planted in the ground. So, in our cage drills we work on being on time and not rushing this action.

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.

As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'

You know those days when you think you have to have a plate of pasta right now? When I'm trying to be good, I take a minute to ask myself, 'Do you really need to eat all this crazy stuff? It will still be around if you want it later.'

Every meal is a conscious effort to stay disciplined and understand what's on your plate.

If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.

Even when I eat, I'll eat my salad first and sort of work around the plate.

If you look at my plate, I only have salad, chicken, and juice, and that's how I am.

From 13, I knew my family was different to anybody else's. You weren't allowed to talk back at your parents or look at them funny. You weren't allowed to leave food on your plate, you weren't allowed to keep the change when you went shopping. There were a lot of rules growing up; but I don't see anything wrong with that.

It is never right to play ragtime fast.

I go from my room to the ballpark and play baseball. I try to keep it simple.

I'm just here to play baseball. I'm not going to be on social media or doing any commercials. I'm just here to do my job.

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

I really don't do much. I play basketball.

I don't do anything else but play basketball.

As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.