Yu Darvish Quotes

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

I don't have a lot of discipline.

Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

I commit to the controllables. That's one of the things I live by.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

Manage yourself first and others will take your orders.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

Discipline is creating the situation.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

I am very rigorous with myself.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

If I'm exhausted and I just don't feel like it, then I don't do it. I am a human being, after all. But I also know I'm the kind of person who, if I take one day off, well, it's very easy for me to take the next day off and then quit exercising.

The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.