Quotes About Effort

When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.

It's amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don't want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.

At Google, operations are not just an afterthought: they are critical to the company's success, and we want to have just as much effort and creativity in this domain as in new product development.

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.

Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want.

I put the ball in play. That's what I want.

The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

A lot of people are doing something about their weight, but by their own reckoning, it isn't enough to get the results they want

Any shlub can pick up a girl at a bar. Want a challenge? Try keeping a beautiful woman happy for ten years running.

I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play.

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.

What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect.

You can't always be the top player, but you can always contribute. I just want to win...that's what matters.

Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.

Some people say they want things, but when push comes to shove they don't do what is necessary to achieve it.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.

I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.

We hope we're better. The reality is we had a pretty darn good team last year. But you can't just throw your gloves out there and be good again. We want to take that next step as a team.

I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people.