Quotes About Discipline

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.

The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.

Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

Only disciplined people become free, but their discipline is not obedience to others: their discipline is obedience to their own inner voice. And they are ready to risk anything for it.

Before starting a fitness program or diet, know why you're doing it. Have specific goals with deadlines and visualize the end result each night before going to bed.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.

The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff.

You need flawless balance on the recovery. You need white hot focus and the concentration to row square blades cleanly for seven miles. Smooth water doesn't hurt either.

Anger doesn't win games.

I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.

Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.'

While others were out partying, I was training. While they were out dancing at the clubs, I was training... and training... and training.

If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.

And don't rush to make movies. Movies should be made when they're absolutely ready. There's too many bad movies being made.