Quotes About Achievement

It's something that you have to teach your children from an early age: to work hard for what they want.

My goal from an early age was always to play in the NBA.

From my early days of playing 2:2 in basketball against my three older brothers to my years playing Division 1 college basketball and lacrosse, sports have played a big role in my leadership development.

Life will not make allowance for you, but it will pay you what you earn.

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.

You can't win fame; you have to earn it. If you're given fame without working for it, then you're not going to be ready for it.

Everything I've gotten, I've had to work twice as hard to earn.

If you play well, then you make yourself a great name and the money comes on its own. You earn money for what you did.

It's not like everything was given to me. I had to really work hard for it and earn it.

When you earn your own money you feel much better about yourself.

The only respect you should have is the one you earn.

I always want more. I will always want to earn more.

It amazes me how quickly you can earn money.

When it comes to money, I can earn it.

At the end of the day, it's me who has to earn the right to play more.

I've never been a basketball prodigy. I've always had to work, earn my way. And that's the way I want it to be.

There's a lot of crazy stuff in this league, and you got to go out and you got to earn your role out every year.

It's not always easy to make a name for yourself. You've gotta earn it. Because nothing's ever given.

We earn enough here in Dortmund.

When Kentuckians work hard, they should be able to get ahead and earn a good living for their family.

I want to earn it, I don't want anything given to me.

I'm looking to prove myself and earn that respect in the ring.

I just got advice to work hard like I always did and never, nobody gave me everything. I always had to earn everything by myself. If I will just continue to do that, I'll be fine.

I think there are a lot of good players in the top 20, top 30 that are top-10 players. You got to get there. You got to earn it.