Greg Norman Quotes

I think it's always good to have realistic short term goals and then lofty longer term goals.

When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.

Hard work is the main thing-hard work and dedication. And I think a great part of it is goal setting. You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them. Every goal that I've set, I've been able to achieve. That's been very fulfilling.

I just feel like there's a lid on the basket. Three games and no shots went in, but I just have to keep working.

The only thing I can control is winning on the basketball court.

Obviously, everyone wants to play in the NBA but I think if you handle what's in front of you first you'll get your chance when your name is called.

I think that the most important thing when it comes to achieving your dreams is just that you have to be realistic.

When I was eighteen and I won the European Championship - that's when I realized I had an opportunity to play in the NBA one day.

I think every time I step on the court, I'm just preparing myself to be the best player I can be, be the best teammate I can be as well.

Obviously I'm not to where Michael Jordan is, but trying to get to some level where he was and just striving for the best. That's what got me here.

I always wanted to be an NBA player, and despite what anybody said, I was going to get to that point.

I look back and see what life could have been if I hadn't applied myself in basketball, and I'm really thankful for every experience I've had.

When I was younger, trying to make the freshman and JV team, my dream was always to make it to the NBA.

I am focusing on the process of making my dream come true, which is to play professional basketball.

Getting to the Olympic Games was my gold medal.

I just want to keep getting better. People used to ask me - when I was winning in the D-League - why I wasn't in the NBA, and I'd tell them, 'I just want to learn and get better.' I figured it'd happen one day, and if it didn't, I really enjoyed my time coaching anyways.

I think I gotta just keep working on knocking down shots and getting stronger.

Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves.

I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.

You need to adjust your compass to an obtainable goal.

I find that goal setting, when done this way, leads to goal achieving. The chronic failure to achieve goals lowers self-esteem. Show me a failure to achieve a goal, and usually I can show you the violation of one or more of the above criteria. Imposed goals, vague goals, and unrealistic goals tend to produce only partial successes and outright failures.

It is good when you score lots of goals, but it is hard.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

Everything happens for a reason, and everything has a story, and if you take time to realise what your dream is and what you really want in life... whether it's sports, whether it's in other fields, you have to realise that there's always work to do.