Dirk Nowitzki Quotes

From the vertigo, I found out how far I can push myself physically and also mentally.

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.

I've done all my bike circuit cardio workouts when I know I gotta push my numbers higher and I gotta be better than I was before. It sucks. Your body doesn't want to do it, but I've done that. I know I have that in me.

You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.

The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There's no time to do anything else.

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

Not enough people realize the satisfaction you can get from really pushing yourself to the limits.

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

I didn't have many friends; I might not have had any friends. But it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren't popular and you don't have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.

Just don't hate on anybody; just do what you, you know what I'm saying? Just do you. Just work at it, keep workin' at it.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

I'm not some crazy party animal. That's OK. If you say you want to be the best, you have to do what the best do - train, research, eat right, take care of yourself, and be. Don't pretend.

I'm the hardest working person I know. I'm 20 years old - is it a crime to want to go out dancing with my friends?

I don't try to focus on anything that doesn't affect me personally and how I go out there every single day. I'm just going to continue to work hard and focus on what I can control.

I'm gonna have to develop myself. I'm just going to do the best that I can do.

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.