Bruce Nauman Quotes

If you really need to, you have to make it happen.

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'

When I decide to do something, I do it.

If I have a reason to do something, and I have enough passion, I generally succeed.

Nothing will work unless you do.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.

You have to put in an effort in everything that you do, and you cannot just sit around expecting something to happen.

All of us, we know, not just in football but in life, that we cannot achieve important things without consistency.

Excuses destroy success every time.

If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

If you really want something, you'll make it work.

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

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

You want something? Go get it with single-minded devotion.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

If you really want it, you need to really work for it.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.

The only rule I got is if you slide, get up.