Anthony Trollope Quotes

It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

There’s nothing you’ve ever been successful at that you didn’t work on every day.

There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work. Every great idea I've ever had grew out of work itself. Sign onto a process and see where it takes you. You don't have to invent the wheel everyday. Today you will do what you did yesterday, tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually, you will get somewhere.

Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

I'm a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I'm at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day.

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.

No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do.

There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to keep my habit of daily writing strong.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was eight.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.

There's no such thing as an overnight success.

I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.

We don't get to get swept up, because we have to start over every day at 8 o'clock.

Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.

Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.