Quotes About Effort

Obviously, you have to play well to keep your spot.

You get into a tough spot where you're not feeling good and you can't do what you're typically accustomed to doing, you just keep grinding.

I don't think you've ever done enough to guarantee a spot at the Euros.

You know you're the guy when you're working on top and closing the show. That's the spot, and you've got to put work in to get there. That's the spot I want.

I'm a dancer and when I walk off stage there isn't a dry spot on me. This means my hair has to be put up again between shows. I have to make up and dress all over again.

Sergio Martinez is doing his job and I'm trying to do my part, and we want to be able to get some spotlight in Argentina.

Nothing is given in the Premier League, and it is tough for spots.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I have to go as far as I can with it.

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.

The 200 meters is my baby. To me, it's the perfect distance. It's still a true sprint, but it unravels more. You get to enjoy the race a little bit more than the 100.

If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint.

Maybe during the last sprint, sometimes you can lose, sometimes you can gain.

Me, if I'm in a long-distance race, I have speed. In the sprint, I don't have so much speed.

When you're 2-0 up and you lose possession, you sprint back. So much of it is down to confidence - it's really down to really wanting to make that run.

No one likes going out and sprinting 20 sprints, but you do it because it's going to help you.

All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

I am jumping to put the Spurs shirt on, but I will have to prove to the coach that I deserve to play.

Whether it is my return to Test or not, I have always bowled with heart and soul. A good performance always spurs you on.

If you don't have competition in a squad, you can have complacency - and, if you have complacency, you won't win.

I need to always improve and that is why I work hard to try and keep my place in the squad.

No matter how great a squad is, a competition like the Champions League is not easily won.

No one is guaranteed their place in the squad.