Quotes About Effort

I have two Portuguese league titles behind me, and although the Spanish league is different I am going to do my best.

He can bring many things to Madrid, certainly titles. But Cristiano can't do it alone because he doesn't play by himself and that is something everyone must realise.

I'm looking to show the best of my abilities every day and to work to improve, and that means working to play well and put in good performances in the Premier League and with Manchester United to achieve great things and win titles.

Listen, I'm a super happy guy. But some days on the court - to be honest - I just didn't have it emotionally. There was nothing in my tank.

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.

We just did the best we could with quite a limited budget, to be honest, and had a lot of success.

I'm going to be honest, playing in D-League games is tough.

In my late teens and early 20s, I worked hard on my roles, but, to be honest, I didn't feel any special commitment to acting.

Strikers never lose games... we have to be honest and say that.

If, just because it's the Premier League, I started trying to play the simple pass instead of trying the harder pass, that is not the type of person I am, to be honest.

The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes.

Just praise is not enough; you've got to get work to survive.

Every night, you're going up against an elite guard and there's really nothing you can do. You either have to be God-gifted and move your feet, or else you're toast.

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We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can.

I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.

Competition can never be eliminated from this industry. There is nothing wrong with it. It keeps you on your toes, making you work harder.

It's a lot of work to make a marriage work. Just because you have been married for a while doesn't mean you can sit back and relax. You still have to be on your toes. A marriage needs constant attention.

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.

Once I throw, I immediately know how well I have done, or how badly, from the effort I have put in and the way the rhythm and technique comes together.

My care is that we play with great effort and togetherness. That is what we're looking for. That's what we want to be.

Light is the task where many share the toil.

Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.