Allen Covert Quotes

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

I want my kids to understand that hard work is essential and that I wouldn't have them do anything that I wouldn't do with them.

I always strive to set an example for my kids to work hard and develop a strong sense of work ethic.

My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me from a young age, fortunately.

I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard.

To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.

It's my only religion to work hard, and then I'm not under any pressure because I know I've done the work on the character.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

If it's one thing my parents did right, it was teaching me to have a good work ethic, and I plan on doing the same with my kids!

At the end of the day, I'm a professional. I've got to continue to work hard.

I always knew I had to work hard.

My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taught me commitment to work hard.

Work hard and never make excuses.

My parents had a great work ethic.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.

Southern people are raised with a work ethic. My son is 5 years old and does chores. My mom was a dance teacher, and the training and discipline it takes to be a dancer I've carried with me in Hollywood.

My work ethic I learned at Miami High, and I have taken that with me.

I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.