Quotes About Dedication

Always try the problem that matters most to you.

The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

You can't sleep. Broke people sleep. You got to be willing to sacrifice sleep, if you sleep you may miss the opportunity to be successful.

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

Do your job brilliantly and the cream will rise to the top.

Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.

Take action every day - some small dose at a time.

If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

Athletics brings out a side of you that is wonderful. It brings out so many good attributes like competing, intensity and playing at the highest level.

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards.

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.

Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it.

Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.

I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go.

I don't train. I just run my 3-15 miles a day.