Quotes About Effort

Everyone is giving their 100 per cent and this coronavirus is like it is now a part of life. Whether we are on the sets or going out somewhere, the danger is everywhere, so we have to take precautions. As long as we're all taking precautions we are safe.

If you don't come home with data, you've done nothing.

My daughters think I am a terrible cook, but I try really hard. I would really like to be a better cook.

All I can do is keep doing the best I can, and every opportunity I get, I'll try to put balls in like David Beckham.

Control what you can control. I can control my emotions, my attitude, my effort every day.

I've been competitive from day one. It's in my nature. Whether people recognize that or not, I don't know how they can't. I'm not gonna go out there and try to hurt somebody or win by all means. But if it's up in the air, I'm gonna try harder than you to get it done.

Winning is, of course, rewarding; who doesn't enjoy winning? But for me, it's about more than just winning: it's about knowing I'm putting in the day-to-day work to get a little bit better every time.

Some songs are dead easy, and others can be quite challenging. Other times, you just have to put it in the bin.

The issue of assault in the military is something that they've gone to great lengths to try to deal with - and have not entirely dealt with yet.

I want to do the best I can with the situation I'm dealt.

There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.

I guess the decathlon's never an easy walkthrough.

If I want to look half decent, a blow dry is a godsend. I'm crap at doing my own hair.

I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.

What gets lost is we wouldn't be who we are and as successful as we have been if we didn't have a decent batting average.

I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle.

A decent player doesn't automatically make a decent manager, I know that. But I will do everything I possibly can.

To write anything decent, it's hard. Anything you want to be good is hard.

You can't just become complacent or lazy, or then the decline happens.

You've got to earn it every day. It's never enough when you think you've done enough. That's when you start to get on the decline... You've got to earn it every day, practice hard and show you belong.

People say that the most difficult part is scoring the goal. But what I have to do is get the player there. If you focus on the goal instead of the how, then suddenly the chances start to decrease.

My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.

I'm an average person, I just decided to work hard and dedicate myself to something. That's the only thing that separates people like me from people sitting on the couch.

If you want to give it a good go, you've got to make some sacrifices and be as dedicated as you can be. Particularly with 'Doctor Who.' It's two or three hours of line-learning a night.