Quotes About Effort

My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basketball.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

Basketball is basketball.

We've got to play better basketball.

I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

I'm a basketball player. I'm going to compete every night, play some good ball and get better.

You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are times I have played games just because of my fielding.

Whatever happens, if I don't make any plays that game, hopefully I can have an effect where I'm distracting two or three blockers, or I'm getting my hands up so I can bat down balls.

I always look to perform with the bat and the ball and do good for my team.

Everything is a battle with this band.

Maybe for a guy like Zverev or Federer, you could say it's open a bit. For a guy like me, every match is tough, and I'm going to have to battle it out.

The battle is long, but that's football, sport.

You win the physical battle first, and then you win the football. If you try to do the football first and not the physical stuff, that doesn't work.

It's nice when you can have that battle on the pitch and then there's respect after the game because, ultimately, you are just trying to do your best.

I'd guess that every American action film would be different. It's just training, training hard, training a lot. Then trying to give your best performance on the day, and I've been lucky so far.

The more you make an effort, the more life gives you things to be grateful for.

Anytime you get rewarded for all the work you put into this game, you're going to be happy about it.

I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.

I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.

You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.

I have to be prepared always and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time, but whenever I see the opportunity, I try to make the most of it.

I try to do my best in training and to get in shape and be prepared.

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.