Gregg Allman Quotes

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

I want to be remembered as a guy who tried his best and did his best.

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

I want to go down as one of the best, and that's not just going to happen in one day.

It's an honor, when you've been hustling in the business for years, years and years, it doesn't matter when it comes - you're just glad it came.

Everyone must remember that when you experience success, you should never leave behind the cause of it - which is effort and dedication.

After I watched Tom Brady win the Super Bowl, it made me start to think that the only thing that marks greatness is consistency over a long period of time.

When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.

The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

Talent is long patience.

It's not an overnight thing. I can legitimately say I've been working my ass off for a long time and the fact that I'm getting this concert movie is perfect because it's coming at just the right time in my life.

In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.

I think to be successful at anything you have to put in a hell of a lot of effort. Pick your battles. I picked music, put in a lot of effort, and it's worked.

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.

It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.

Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement.

Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.

You have to really believe in what you're doing, be passionate enough about it so that you will put in the hours and hard work that it takes to actually succeed there, and then you'll be successful.

The road to success is through commitment.