Randy Newman Quotes

I just show up every day.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

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.

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

It had been better not to begin a good work, than to think of desisting from one which has been begun.

Sticking with your craft goes a long way in ensuring that you'll be successful.

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

Success is work hard and give 100% every single day because it will leave as quickly as it came.

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

There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey.

I'm kind of a grinder.

All of us, we know, not just in football but in life, that we cannot achieve important things without consistency.

We can all pick a goal and find a reason to do it. Then some of us can actually do all the little things over and over again. That's definitely a harder step. Doing it again? That's where it gets to be a beast, when you have to repeat. It's the hardest part of it all.

It's difficult to compete if you are not consistent.

I'm disciplined. And I'm persevering. And I don't give up very easily... and I'm reliable.

No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.

My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.

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

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

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

I've been pretty good about keeping my nose to the grindstone. I feel like I won a lot of matches from hard work and persistence, even maybe when I had better options as far as shot-making.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.