Edward Carey Quotes

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

Thanks to my upbringing, I lead a disciplined life, which is very important.

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.

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.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years.

I am very disciplined in my life and very up front. It is the only way I can do it and do it well. I am up every day at 7, and I feed my kids, no matter how long the day was.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be a good thing. It will teach them to win, it will teach them to lose with dignity and magnanimity - all the things you want. It's a pretty good metaphor for life.

We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.

Sport instils discipline, and it's a distraction.

I was pretty wild as a kid. Football tamed me. It put me on the right path, got me focused.

Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline.

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and my fountain pen are ready for use. I try to write two pages every day.

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

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

Getting up early is one of the gifts I give myself.