Brett Favre Quotes

Talent alone is never enough.

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

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

I try to do my best.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

If you start something, you shouldn't quit; that is what we were taught. If you're going to play, you might as well play to be your best.

Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.

To be one of the best to ever play the game? I think I have the ability to do that. But I've got to work hard. If I just keep talking and don't put some work in, it's not going to happen.

If I'm successful. It's because of hard work - not for any other reason. Everyone on the Tour works hard, you can't be on Tour if you don't.

Listen: God doesn't care whether or not you make your next jump shot. God will give you a lot of things in life, but he's not going to give you your jump shot. Only hard work will do that.

I've never been a basketball prodigy. I've always had to work, earn my way. And that's the way I want it to be.

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 won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.

Everything that I tried to act in my life, I put in the time and effort to try and get better at it.

Nothing's promised. You got to go out there and earn it.

It does take a lot of time to establish yourself with your own hard work.

I don't think anything comes naturally; you just have to work very hard.

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

You have to look at yourself and make sure you give your best in training and in your performances. That is what I will keep doing.

The thing that really stands out is that my parents taught me right from the start, if you want something in life, you need to work for it.