Joan Jett Quotes

You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things.

I think the important thing for budding cricketers is to always put in 100 per cent - to continue to be your best, work hard, don't ever think you are at the top of your ability, you can always improve.

I try to work hard each and every day to become a better player.

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

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.

As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one match at a time and worked hard; when I succeeded, I worked further on the aspects of the game which worked for me; when I failed, I listed out my weaknesses and worked on them.

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.

The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty thin to get the stage time. I'd love to do more, really.

You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

Keep enjoying it, and if you do that, then you are going to get better.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

The old adage about acting - that it's 98% energy and 2% talent - is true, you know.

One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.

I remember hearing Will Smith, back when he was just a rapper, saying, 'When all the other rap stars are in bed, I'm practicing my rapping.' I try to be like that. There is always something to improve.

I want to be the best player I can be.

I try to value every day, every training session, every game.

I always want to work hard and show to everyone that I am the best.

Whatever I can do to help me be a better player, I'll do it.

Each and every day you have to perform, whether it's on the practice ground or off the practice ground. I just want to improve each and every day.