Joey Kramer Quotes

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

I've definitely been in ruts, and I think having some kind of perseverance is important.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

You can get through anything if you want it bad enough.

I think both running and science reflect certain character traits. I have endurance, patience, and ambition. I'm willing to work hard toward a goal, to push myself and overcome limits. Running and science both let me express these traits.

Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no.

Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too.

Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

Anything is possible. My background is a bad background, but a lot of people said I couldn't do it. You can do anything if you put your mind to it.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

I feel you can be down and out but if you are determined, nothing can stop you from winning.