Bert Lance Quotes

Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard.

I want to go out there and do the best work I can.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

I want to perform well.

I always try to work hard and well if it's possible.

I put a lot of work into what I do.

Andre Johnson, one of the hardest workers.

You have to put the extra hours in if you're not up to scratch with everyone else.

I keep working hard day in and day out. When I get a chance to play, I try to produce the best I can.

You have to do your job and put your best foot forward and focus on what you have to do to win.

The people I've been around who've been successful - be it players, executives, coaches - there's no substitute for a hard day's work.

You just have to keep coming to work in order to be the best.

Any time you go out there and compete, you want to do your best.

Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well.

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.

The term 'overachiever' sort of makes it look like the person has mediocre talent and he just works so hard that he achieves beyond what you would think. 'Overachiever' is sort of a - it's sort of an incorrect term. An overachiever is someone that's just willing to pay the price to get so much more out of his performance.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.

As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year.

I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.