Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss Quotes

I'm into hard work. I never had the best talent or the best jumper. I've always been about dirt and sweat.

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

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

I just have to keep working hard.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

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

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.

Whatever I do in life, my parents always taught me to focus on that, and they never let me quit.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

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 just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

The only warning I'd give is - make sure you are strong enough and committed enough in your business pursuits. It is commitment and belief, not just the bottom line, that should drive you.

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

The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.

I was never afraid of hard work.

You have to have a work ethic. It is always 24/7. It is a lot of sweat equity, and it is a little bit of Lady Luck.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.

My only path has always been to work hard.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

Coming out of Juilliard, I honestly was expecting and willing to be breaking my neck, hustling, and being unemployed for a decade, two decades. I was gritting my teeth, but I was so down to do that.