Quotes About Discipline

I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

Rod's always been a keen sportsman, so he didn't live as excessive a life as some musicians.

This is no ordinary nine to five day job and I have a 24/7 in terms of my boxing and my career as a professional sportsman.

I was a sportsman and played cricket all my life.

I'm a sportsman, not a political man.

Post my stint as a sportsman, I found solace in singing and trained for extended hours in Indian classical music.

I like to teach. And when I spot talent without ambition, it makes me angry. I give students short shrift if they're not willing to do the work. Relying on talent is not enough.

To become a singer requires work, work, and again, work! It need not be in any special corner of the earth; there is no one spot that will do more for you than other places. It doesn't matter so much where you are if you have intelligence and a good ear.

In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot.

I can do a backflip on the spot. I learned how from watching 'Ninja Turtles' movies as a kid. Whenever the Turtles got in trouble with their teacher, Master Splinter, he'd make them practice backflips as punishment - and I was so focused on becoming one of the Turtles that I taught myself how to do one, too.

After a gig, even if I'm on tour and it's 3 A.M., I'll get in the shower and scrub my face, otherwise I'll have a spot the next day.

My basic strength has been accuracy, line and length and I've always worked on that. I knew that would hopefully never leave me. Even if I don't bowl for three months, the first time I go out I would still be able to land it on the spot.

My experience at Florida State helped me to have the discipline to prepare as well as to endure challenging spots.

You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.

Instead of going to spring training, I went to basic training.

I am like a friend to my children, but when things get out of hand, the 'mum' in me springs up!

If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint.

For theater I am like a long-distance runner. For movies I am a sprinter! Same playing field, different approach.

No one likes going out and sprinting 20 sprints, but you do it because it's going to help you.

Darren Campbell has helped me out a lot with my sprinting mechanics. These are things I've always wanted to do, but neglected as I am already fast and strong.

Coming to a team like the Spurs, you're automatically going to learn how to play the game the right way.

A lot of the time at Spurs, I was fitting in around other people, letting the likes of Luka Modric go and do what they wanted to so I had to be the disciplined one.

I enjoy working, and I enjoy working every day - and it is for that reason that I don't so much like the idea of working with an international squad. To have every day on the pitch is important to me.