Quotes About Effort

I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface.

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role. Maybe I've just done enough of them now where people are like, 'Oh, it's the guy that's in a swirling vortex of despair, send it to Kinnear!' I don't really know, but it does seem to be a recurring theme.

I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for.

You know, the state of Connecticut is... sometimes it's a provincial state. And I've been working very hard to get the endorsement of the people within our state, and ultimately, the ultimate endorsement is from the voters in the state of Connecticut.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

Essays just aren't my thing: no matter how hard I tried, it seemed I was always a bit average.

It took a lot of work to go from the 'Not Top 10' to being selected for the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy.

My mother tried her best to give us a sense of self-esteem.

I'm trying so hard to win or make the right play or whatever, that you know, it kind of comes off as being selfish, but I'm not, I'm just used to being the guy.

When you spend a lot of time in your job, you realize you're just selling your time in exchange for money.

Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it.

When you are 25, everything comes easy to you. When you get past 35, every training session is a sacrifice. I can't see myself doing that.

You can't wicket 5-6 wickets every session.

I never thought I would win two golds in one session.

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.

When you win in straight sets, where is the challenge?

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

Once it's over and you understand what's going on, it's a shame. You want to win three sets.

Talent has to be accompanied by effort as well, and that's shared around when you work as a team.

I was never blessed with any real ability but I loved the game and made up for anything I lacked with sheer hard work.

To be honest, I'm worth more than 12-14 million. Just for the things I do on the court that don't show up on the stat sheet. You don't find guys like that.