Tim Hardaway Jr. Quotes

Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don't want to put in effort to better their life.

Nations do not grow in strength … by the doing of easy things.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow.

You have to go through a lot of trials and tribulations as a player to be able to grow and learn from 'em and to become better.

In the end, not only the team, but the players themselves benefit from having to prove their worth time and time again, too.

I work every day to improve and reach my top.

Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.

I love the grind. I think it makes you better in all facets of life.

Stop bragging about your lack of sweat and effort in achieving your goals. Start bragging about how hard you work, how patient you've become.

I can't tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly trying to better myself. I can honestly say that my hard work paid off. My resilience paid off. My persistence paid off.

For me personally, the way I've been trained, just through life experience - the harder something is, the harder you have to work for it, the more worthwhile it is, and you just have to know that going in.

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.

Not a lot of people see that when you're growing up. You don't get to see that people really have to work hard to become as good as they are.

Anything worth doing hurts a little.

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

Genuine effort is success.

The message I really want to get out there is that I'm someone who works hard, gets the most out of his talent, off the course has a great family life.

The road to success, and by that I mean... the possibility of giving the best one has to the cause that one loves most, is not easy.

You don't wake up at 18 and necessarily become the person you want to be as an adult - you have to work hard to become them.

What you become is what counts.

No man fails who does his best.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

In order to be something, you must do something.