Quotes About Effort

Nothing is given to us.

I just want to make sure that I'm competing every day and giving my best effort, because everything else just falls into place.

There was no giving up. Trying and trying. That's what I'm all about.

Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy.

I wouldn't say it's effortless for me to be glamorous.

Here's the secret you should remember whenever you hear someone lamenting how tough it is to get ahead in the postindustrial global economy: Few people work nearly as hard as they could.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

It's just easy to stay on the couch and say something. Just put your gloves on and step in the octagon with someone.

You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.

Television is not an easy medium, as keeping the audience glued to the TV screens day after day is something which requires a lot of effort.

I definitely believe that if you stop working at relationships, they go away.

I don't mind losing, but I do want to apply myself, I go for it.

If I come on for 10 minutes and play well, I can't go home and tell everyone, 'I played a great 10 minutes.' I have to play the full 90.

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.

When you are in the field you just need to give your best, it doesn't matter whether you are the lone goalkeeper or not.

Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.

People always see the goals, and for me, strikers are not only about scoring goals.

All I can do is do my best: score goals, give assists, and do my best for my team.

I didn't really set any goals, just trying to go and play the game.

You can't just say, 'God help me,' and he's there. It takes a little bit more work on the part of the individual, I think.

I just work hard with my God-given talent and abilities.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

You don't just go and pick up a gold medal anymore.

If it were easy, everybody would have a gold medal, but they don't.