Steven Sinofsky Quotes

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

What you do on the court, off the court, in the classroom, it's all the same. Your habits, the way you treat class, your relationships - it's all the same. Do it right or don't do it.

I've never been good with structure - doing assignments for the sake of them or doing things I'm supposed to do.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.

If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was supposed to do. But I'm not going to beat myself up because of it. I'll just get right back on track.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

What you are will show in what you do.

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.

You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. It's specific hours set aside every day for certain things.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

I'm a big believer in regularity. My father taught me that. Get up early, get your work done, and that's, what, your highest level of energy before lunch.

I think I just need to be consistent in everything that I do.

Whether it is my shooting or going to bed on time. There are so many things you can do to be consistent.

The key to forming good habits is to make them part of your 'rituals.' I have a morning ritual, afternoon ritual, and Sunday ritual. It's one way to bundle good habits into regular times that you set aside to prepare yourself for the life you want. Rituals help you form habits.

I'm the type of person that if I put it off, I'll forget about it.

You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.

Respect and consistency, as hard work during the week is the only way to earn your place.

Predominantly training myself for so long worked, I had great success. But if I had someone there training me day-in day-out from an early age? It could have been a whole different story.

You can't be asking people to do things you're not willing to do yourself.

New Year's Eve is a great time to think about making a resolution to change a behavior, improve upon a practice, or to start something new. Most people don't keep their resolutions very far into the year, but there's no reason to wait until Dec 31st to reboot.

When I started not training as hard and doing what I needed to do, everyone else improved without me improving.