Laverne Cox Quotes

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

I remember hearing Will Smith, back when he was just a rapper, saying, 'When all the other rap stars are in bed, I'm practicing my rapping.' I try to be like that. There is always something to improve.

I was pretty rubbish when I first started dancing. I didn't understand the discipline of working on one step over and over again. If you look at it from the outside, you'd think, 'Why would anybody want to do that?' But you just want to get it perfect. It is that constant inner striving that you fall in love with.

Have a good work ethic. You've got to practice, practice, practice. I'm not telling you what to practice - that's up to you.

I work really hard. I'm a perfectionist.

In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Work hard or don't work at all.

And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.

It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces.

When you are not practicing, remember somewhere someone is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win.

If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up.

I love what I do and I strive to be better; that's what keeps me going. I'm never a slacker, always a striver.

I always felt like we were here to do a job, so you should be out there practicing and playing.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

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.

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

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.

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance, get up, go to class - that's your life, and it's like that for a finite time, usually.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

There's only really one way to be at the top, and that's practicing - practicing well and practicing hard. And enjoying what you do, because if you don't enjoy it then, it's always tough to wake up and go practice and suffer on the court.