Ben Hogan Quotes

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

Progress takes time and discipline.

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. pg 29

It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!

Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that's left is The Extraordinary.

Winning is not easy. There's an investment that has to be made night in and night out.

Hard work most often leads to success, but it's not every day, and it's not every week. It will pay off at different times over the course of your career.

Winning is, of course, rewarding; who doesn't enjoy winning? But for me, it's about more than just winning: it's about knowing I'm putting in the day-to-day work to get a little bit better every time.

I believe that success either comes overnight or slowly, but steadily.

Put in the work in every day, put in the work in training, and it will show on the field.

A season is not made in a week or two any more than a stellar game epitomizes greatness.

In order to be great you have to continue to put in the work.

My game is getting better all the time. I'm consistently working hard, and I feel like I'm always doing the right things.

I always try and be perfect in practice.

In order to succeed, you have to fail, no? You ride a bicycle, you fail; you try a few times, you succeed.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.