Kenny Chesney Quotes

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.

My goals in football helped make me disciplined and focused in all areas of my life.

It doesn't matter if a footballer is earning £100,000 a week or £1,000 a week the first thing you need to do is work hard for your team.

Basketball has given me everything.

My interpretation of football is to stay humble, work hard, and things will come.

I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect.

I always believe that hard work is something that gets you to where you need to be, and I know in football it's not a one-man game.

Football has done so much for me, given me friends, family, given me life lessons that now I can use in the operating room or just as a leader.

We just take pride that our sons have worked hard and they handle their position as a quarterback.

When I joined AC Milan I didn't play for six months. But I was training under a great coach in Carlo Ancelotti. I can't stress how important those six months were - they changed my life.

It takes sacrifice as well as talent.

The best thing I ever learned in life was that things have to be worked for. A lot of people seem to think there is some sort of magic in making a winning football team. There isn't, but there's plenty of work.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

Hard work breeds self-respect.

A lot of the lessons that are taught in football will promote success in anything you get into after football; for me, it just happens to be music. Being disciplined. Good character. Trying to do the right thing, and working hard.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but you've got to work hard to do it.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.