Quotes About Effort

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

Everybody wants to be a scorer. Everybody can't be a scorer.

You can't think you can find a top scorer for free.

You don't have to be a great scorer to be successful in this league.

Sometimes a team plays very well but doesn't manage to score, while another team comes and scores. But then, that's how football is.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who is scoring and who is not scoring. It's about winning games.

I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.

Scoring isn't the only thing in this game.

Scoring eight goals is never easy.

It's not worth scoring thousands of runs if your team keeps on losing.

If you stop me from scoring, and I don't do anything else, then I've not really played well, have I? You can't score every game, so what are you doing if you're not scoring?

When kids start playing basketball, they all think about scoring.

I always thought there was more to basketball than just scoring the ball.

I went away with Scotland because I was trying to get some game-time somewhere but it just wasn't working out with Scotland, the results weren't happening.

I've not got any terrible stories of what I had to do to scrabble my way to the top, obviously, because I didn't scrabble my way to the top. I just scrabbled my way to the middle!

It is easier to rewrite anything - even the worst writing in the world - than it is to write something from scratch.

There's no such thing as an easy role. Every part, you take it lightly and it will get screwed.

Many of my sculptures take a long time to make.

Everybody has their due season. And it's all about what you do in your season.

As time goes on you're getting more knowledge of your playbook and football, and you just pick it up a lot easier. Lining up everywhere is just second nature to me now.

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

As Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton, I led the effort to bring running water to every American home.

While there is a great value in things that are old, it seems that the overwhelming challenge in Britain in the late 20th century is to make every effort to see value in the contemporary and in the future.

People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing.