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Quotes About Discipline

I knew the training pitch better than anyone. When others went out clubbing, I went to sleep. When others had Christmas, I went out in the woods to run.
~ Pavel Nedved
Tiger Woods makes me a better athlete.
~ Lindsey Vonn
In all likelihood, the only thing extraordinary about Tiger Woods was his golf: he had extraordinary coordination and extraordinary discipline - on the course, at any rate. That discipline was the source of his power.
~ Sarah Churchwell
God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!
~ Joyce Meyer
Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.
~ Lou Holtz
Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
~ Vince Lombardi
Too often, people equate discipline with cursing. When you go to Catholic school, the nuns don't curse a word, but you get discipline.
~ Herm Edwards
The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.
~ Orison Swett Marden
I'm a little old-school in that I think there's some value in the classics and the steps of achieving a certain profession. If we start slanging the word 'chef' on anybody and everybody who cooks, it takes away a lot.
~ Roy Choi
Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with a partner or it can be alone, but professional chess is always a pursuit of something new and surprising.
~ Viswanathan Anand
The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless.
~ Edith Stein
For me, practice and discipline are the magic words to become big in any sport, especially soccer.
~ Gabriel Batistuta
I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.
~ John Calvin
I'm somebody who inspires by his own performances, by the way he conducts himself on and off the field. My discipline... I look to inspire by my actions, not just words.
~ Dinesh Karthik
Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.
~ Saint Ambrose
Tweeting has taught me the discipline to say more with fewer words.
~ Adam Grant
Discipline and respect and hard work are not bad words. I expect that from everybody - especially the players who are in fortunate and very lucky positions.
~ Tony Pulis
It's so true: the fight is won or lost in the gym, and those words really stuck with me throughout my career.
~ Katie Taylor
Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.
~ Thomas S. Monson
I always got my work done before playing.
~ Edwin Moses
A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.
~ James H. Douglas, Jr.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
~ Stephen King
Nothing is given to you. Everything is earned. You have to have that mindset that you have to work every single day. Learn every single day.
~ Saquon Barkley
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.
~ Twyla Tharp