Quotes About Discipline

Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting.

I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.

You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.

There can, therefore, be no doubt that Presbyterians do carry out the principle that Church power vests in the Church itself, and that the people have a right to a substantive part in its discipline and government.

Fitness is easy to achieve but very difficult to maintain. Therefore, it becomes a life-long process which you have to live with and need to be extremely disciplined.

Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.

A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something wrong, they should feel bad. Kids with a sense of responsibility, not entitlement, who know when to experience gratitude and humility, will be better at navigating the social shoals of college.

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

If you're a songwriter, you have to do homework. You can exist for a while on the inspiration, but at some point, you have to sit down and have the discipline to write - to finish the poem, as they say.

When you're an athlete, you've got the horse blinders on pretty thick. Your exploration of other things in life tends to be limited because you have to have such a focus on what you're doing. I wasn't a good enough player to stray from that focus and still keep my ability.

I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.'

I'm kind of naturally thin, so if I were to completely crash diet, I'd almost be too skinny, and for the VS show, you want to look strong and muscular and fit. Leading up to the show, I eat everything that I normally do, but I moderate it.

If I do something, I commit. Otherwise you spread yourself too thin.

The most important thing is to stay down to earth and keep concentrating on the next game.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

Just on a practical side, if you wake up early in the morning - like at 4:30 in the morning - you're going to have some free time to yourself to make things happen, to take care of things that are important to you.

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.