Ralph H. Baer Quotes

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.

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.'

When things go bad, the best thing to do is keep working and keep coaching.

I have always said, 'Never stop work.' Continue work and sort out issues simultaneously.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

The best lesson my mom taught me was how to be scrappy.

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

I always knew I had to work hard.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.

I just have to keep working hard.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

I have always worked hard, and seeing so many Icelanders make tremendous efforts to cope with difficult tasks and decisions inspires me.

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

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.