Quotes About Effort

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

In my case it was a sustained effort. I was fortunate to have the backing of my parents to start off with and towards the Beijing Olympics the Mittal Champions Trust came into the picture and they helped me a lot.

If I've lost anyone's trust, I'm going to work my tail off to get it back.

It is very easy to forget how much of a pain training is when you have a dog for so long, but trust me, it's not as easy and quick as we all hope.

Trust me, I hate playing five sets. I don't do it on purpose.

I'm just trusting my work. Putting it in everyday.

Something I worked very hard on, especially last year, was being more outgoing on the court: recognising good points I'd played and trusting myself and my skills on the court. The fist pumps weren't necessarily to let my opponent know I was here, more to let myself know that I'm here.

I want to be part of a team that wants to win. Guys that are trusting each other, guys that don't mind playing hard.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

The truth is, the harder you fight, the sweeter are the rewards in the end.

The truth is, in day-to-day life, I'm just grinding like everyone else.

The truth is that I don't work any harder than anyone else in the world. I don't work 18-hour days. I don't stay up until 4 in the morning trying to finish a line.

The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.

The truth is, the sport of skiing takes so much effort, setting up and traveling with equipment, that you can only train for a certain number of days in the summer. Most of my peers ski between 40 to 60 days. I ski about 55 days.

The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly.

Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.

Successful gardening is doing what has to be done when it has to be done the way it ought to be done whether you want to do it or not.

It is not enough to jump if you want to reach the sky.

Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad?

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

Believe me, you have to get up early if you want to get out of bed.

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.