Quotes About Effort

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?

I feel that we really had some good, athletic women wrestling out there and they work just as hard as the guys and put on a heck of a show.

As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do is put the brakes on. Imagine going real fast in a Flintstones car, and my heel is out there. I went to Washington to change the world, and all I can do is put my heel out.

People talk about 'date night,' and it is true: Sometimes you have to apply yourself, or at least apply lipstick to yourself. You kind of have to dress up, just because. You know, wear heels to your own dinner table.

I try to wear a dress and heels when I want to make more of an effort and be a bit more feminine.

One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

My father always said, 'Do your best and piss on the rest.' And I think there's a lot of truth to that, because if you've done your best, there's not a hell of a lot more you can do about something.

I have to laugh to myself. I don't find it work to write music, because I enjoy it. I'd find an evening of bridge hard work because you have to think like hell, and at the end, you get nothing for it.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Ariana Grande is a billionaire before she's been an artist. You have to work to be able to appreciate what you have... what work did she ever have to do in her life?

You don't want to be too hesitant and not give everything you could give.

As someone who has carved out a career in this league by making winning plays, being tough on defense and just generally doing the dirty work for my team, I always hesitate to say any player is unguardable. I just hate that term.

I really wanted a tennis dress. My parents told me that if I played, they would buy me one. I was like, 'Hey, I'll try it.'

You've got to be able to compete and play at a high level.

I hate losing football games and hate when I don't perform at a high level.

It's a fast learning process if you want to be successful at the highest level.

It's one thing to have a lot of talent together. It's another to have everyone play at their highest level.

The Republican effort to make the September 11th attack on Benghazi into a scandal is really about one thing and one thing only: Hillary Clinton.

For Hillary Clinton, Iowa was a tough state for her in 2008, and she's put a lot of effort into fixing those mistakes.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

Do or do not, there is no try.

No," Yoda said impatiently. "Try not. Do, do. Or do not. There is no try." Luke closed his eyes. He tried to envision the contours

Do. Or do not. There is no try. -Yoda

Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel.