David Halberstam Quotes

Work is hard, and jobs can be dull. But you can't just take a holiday when you feel like it. You turn up because it is the right thing to do.

I'm going to show up and do my job to the best of my abilities every day, every week.

When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work.

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

Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.

It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of.

I was blessed by my parents and my antecedents by a very strong work ethic. I mean, being a Member of Parliament is 24/7, just as much as when you're actually doing a play. It's not quite 24/7, but it's the work that counts.

I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.

I just show up and do what I'm supposed to do.

I learned as my dad's kid that unless you physically can't get there, unless you physically can't do it, you need to show up for work.

We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world

There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'

I was a guy who came to work every day. I was there. When my manager got to the field at 12, I felt like there was no reason for him to ever wonder if I was playing. For me, that's a big deal. I teach that to my kids.

We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird sort of way I suppose we may be said to like it.

My mom worked in restaurants for 60 years, and what I learned from her is a lot. But if I had to boil it down, take your work very seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously. Work harder than everyone else and never complain about it. Don't go to bed if you're not proud of the product of your day; stay awake until you are.

It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

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.'

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

My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.

If you've worked in Australia, you can't get away with bad behaviour like showing up late. We take our work ethic very seriously.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.