Quotes About Effort

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.

The truth is that it has not been my pipe dream to have a restaurant. I know restaurateurs, and the amount of work that goes into a restaurant is nothing short of insanity. It's a real commitment, and most restaurants don't make it, so the odds are really against you.

If I'm on the pitch, I want to just try to give my best performance every game.

When people pitch me their ideas in a T-shirt and jeans it shows they can't be bothered.

When you get on the pitch, you've got to take your chance, and that's what I'm trying to do.

If I enjoy myself on the pitch, then I'm going to have a good performance.

When I'm on the pitch, I just want to give as good a performance as possible.

I feel great when people say good things about me. But what's important is that I have to show it on the pitch.

People don't see the determination behind getting on the pitch every week.

I just try to go to the pitch and finish the game not being able to complain to myself knowing I have given everything.

It's on the pitch you have to do your talking, and it is the coach who makes the decisions, so the best I can do is show my best form.

When I get on that pitch, I want to make an impact. That's all I can say.

The most important thing is that everybody is professional on the pitch and gives 100 percent.

I always want to do whatever it takes - whatever I possibly can - to help my team-mates on the pitch.

To talk to people, I have to spend energy talking to them. If I expend my energy on talking to people and making friends, it takes away from the energy I could focus on getting ready to pitch.

I prefer to play as a striker, but I will do my best and try to win the game for my team as long as I am on the pitch.

Words are fine, but the most important thing is what happens on the pitch.

I always learnt that to play well, you have to train hard, so every time I go on the training pitch, I try to give my best and to improve.

My job is to go on the pitch and put my best foot forward.

I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, I'll hit a brick wall and need to sleep.

Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.

It would be really easy to write off the Dawn Wall as impossible. In terms of climbing technique, I'm learning a new language on this granite.

In the past, liberals have competed to see who could shout the loudest to shut down the banks, ridicule success, and penalize anyone working in finance. In fact, the Occupy Wall Street movement was an aggressive liberal effort to shut down Wall Street banks.