Quotes About Consistency

Let's say, for example, I'm playing ball but I decide to slack in school. I feel like that's going to carry over to baseball, that mentality. So I've always tried to put my nose down and just give everything I've got in whatever it is I'm doing.

I've done 'Back in the Saddle Again' so darn long, I could go to sleep and sing it.

Give your 100 per cent. Whether you are working or with family and friends. Even if you are sleeping, you should give it your 100 per cent.

For all the success, I never acted any differently. I've always done the same things and I can honestly say I've not changed in the slightest. Sometimes that's the problem.

I think the intellectual consistency of Christianity in historical evidence is frankly overwhelming, but my materialist colleagues regard me as a slightly sad case.

I'm a perfectionist, and I like to do each scene slightly differently every time.

Even when I was a kid, I always showed up late for school every day. It got to the point where they had my late slips filled for every day of the school year in advance, so all they had to do was fill in what time I got there.

When you let that discipline slip you're going to have big problems on the field.

You don't want to let your form slip because it can be hard to get back from that.

You've always got to work to your highest ability level. When times are great and restaurants are jamming, that's when some restaurants get sloppy and take things for granted. Never take things for granted.

In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.

My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.

I was never the person who came up with a boom somehow. I worked slowly and consistently, making my way up the rankings, so there wasn't one special moment.

The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning.

I have to accept that my role is to gather the runs slowly. Kevin Pietersen is flamboyant, but that style doesn't work for me.

It's not good to thicken sauce with too much butter because it can cause heaviness. You don't want to avoid butter, but you also don't want to put too much - add it slowly.

If you adapt your diet and exercise regime gradually you can keep it up long term. Often people begin with a big push and burn out quickly. Don't suddenly go mad a week before your holiday. Start early and build up slowly: you'll feel the benefits much more.

On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can bet I'm feeling good about it. Otherwise, I'd change. That's how I avoid slumps.

I've certainly had shooting slumps in the past. It's nothing new. You go through stretches like that.

Small, daily elevations compound into massive results over time.

The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.

What was I like as a kid? The same as I am now, just smaller with a higher voice.

It is very tough in England. Every away game is hard, of course. And normally, if you're a big club like Chelsea, you're supposed to win games at home against smaller clubs. But in England, that's not the case. We must play well every game.

Buffon may be a bit smaller, but he has everything that you want from a great goalkeeper. He relays his confidence to his defence, and they feel that they have a great keeper behind them. Everybody can make mistakes, but his consistency level is amazing. You never see him have a bad game.