Quotes About Discipline

If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch.

Generally, I like to write in the morning before all the dust of dreams has blown away. Beforehand, I read two papers, cook my breakfast and then settle down in front of the word processor, usually by 8 A.M. I'll write, and then check e-mail or voicemail when things stall.

But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention - they go home, they're finished. They don't stall, they don't do their homework in front of the TV.

I don't ever leave my garage stall during practice. I don't want to know what other people are doing. I don't look at the scoreboard.

As a group of players, and as a set-up, you need to set your stall out as to what is acceptable and what is not.

Snooker isn't a sport where you can put on bulk muscle. It's about the cueing and the stamina.

I'm embarrassed to reveal that I never went to CBGB's in the '80s. I was never cool enough to be a punk, and I wouldn't have had the stamina, or the discipline, for straight-edge.

I've always been a guy that's worked hard off the ice and prepared the right way and I feel like I can play those minutes, can play power play and PK and 5-on-5 and I've worked hard to make sure my stamina's up so I can play those minutes.

Have you ever heard of a pianist who never had to practice - or of an architect who didn't bother to find out why buildings stand up?

You put on the military outfit, and it definitely tightens everything up and makes you stand up straighter.

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.

I think I stand up more often than I should on defense. I've got to be solid and continue to get better.

I've trained with some of the best when it comes to stand up.

Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.

I've always held myself to a higher standard, whether I was in law enforcement, whether I was in the military.

I used to watch a lot of people and think, 'You're not dedicated.' It's half an hour into the game and they have dropped their standard. They weren't putting the effort in.

I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

I'm very rigid about my schedule. I sit down at 8 A.M., and the Internet blocker goes on. My standard time is 120 minutes. I'm a compulsive writer, so it reminds me to stop writing... If I write more than that, I turn into an ogre for my kids.

I hold myself to a high standard on and off the field.

Training isn't fun for me. I do it because it's what my body needs, and I have a standard. It's a thing I make sure I do.

There's a standard here as you step on the field as a Broncos defender.

My standard training week, there's a lot of training in there. I have a high-performance coach who manages these spreadsheets of mine, manages my sessions and my loads. It's a very complicated process, and he puts me through about 22 sessions a week.