Quotes About Effort

I'm one of those guys who stays behind after practice to try and get better.

The imposing edifice of science provides a challenging view of what can be achieved by the accumulation of many small efforts in a steady objective and dedicated search for truth.

There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas.

We pursued many actions against foreclosure rescue scammers who were reaching into the pockets of desperate people in an effort to steal what little remained as they sought to keep their homes.

When I was playing, it was me playing both ends of the floor, playing offense, playing defense and I gave the ball up with assists. It wasn't like me doing one thing, scoring 25 and having three assists and one steal.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.

I was so competitive when I played. I was trying to get every loose ball, trying to get steals. That's what I was kind of infamous for in high school.

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

Every time you step on the field you have to reestablish and re-prove yourself.

Every step of my career was hard work.

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.

Every time I step out on court, I leave 150 per cent out there. That's the bare minimum.

Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.

Not many people get that 'happily ever after' they want in life. There are disappointments every step of the way, no matter how hard one strives for the best.

Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event.

Every time I step on to the pitch, I give my all.

I think, every single time I step into the ring, I try and be better than the last.

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.

Every time I stepped on the practice field when I was in San Diego, I dreaded going to work. It wasn't any fun. I didn't like the people I was playing with. They didn't like me.

I like how the other guys are stepping up. If we keep this up, then Bell does not have to score 25 points a game for us to win.

Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do.

Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring with another heavyweight champion.