Herb Alpert Quotes

If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.

The harder I train every day on the track and in the gym, the more trust I gain in myself.

I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.

If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.

I think our path to the Olympics is a good metaphor for how you build a company. Our skill and commitment grew over time, day by day, stroke by stroke. So, sports are tied well with our entrepreneurial pursuits because you train for a few years, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed.

We gotta show up and pay attention to details, embracing the process of hard work, and developing our bodies and minds to get ready for the season.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

I would work until I got stuck, and I would put it down and pick up something else. I might be able to take a 20-minute nap and get to work again. That way, I was able to work about 10 hours a day... It was important to me to work every day. I managed to work on Christmas day, just to be able to say I worked 365 days a year.

You have to keep working and try to improve in every training session.

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.

We must patiently practice every day.

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.

No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.

I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.

If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.