Kevin De Bruyne Quotes

Excellence is a high performance over a long period of time. That's what I've tried to focus on.

Everybody has struggles in life, and mine was to come out of a tough area in Berlin. It helped me a lot on my way to becoming a professional footballer, to being an idol and a good role model.

To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break. That's what I'm still working on, having done this for 20 years now.

Being a player for a big team like Barca, you have to be very strong.

Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.

I've had many ups and downs in my career. I've worked really hard on my game throughout.

As an athlete, the body can fail you. I know. The mind and your education will be there to keep carrying you.

Lewandowski really is an exceptional player.

I think college tennis makes you tough.

I've gone through a lot in my life, I have seen a lot of struggles and difficulties. I have braved it all and won medals for my country with my determination.

If you want to be a top player you have to play well for the whole season and then ten more seasons, not just three or four games.

I guess I'm just proud that I kept on working, not becoming just a viral hit.

I've played regularly in a big club at Benfica, where it is not easy and there is a lot of pressure. In those years I learned to be a winner and play under that pressure.

I think everybody's ideal is to have a wonderful career with one franchise, like Kobe and Tim Duncan.

Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of dogged preparation or the unwavering grace displayed during a string of losses. Applause, then, never bore much relation to the reality of my life as an astronaut, which was not all about, or even mostly about, flying around in space.

Being inspired is fine for a week, and being motivated might work for a month or so, but to make any lifestyle change last a lifetime, you need dedication.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

to maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner.

Ronaldo is a unique player for all of his talent and his professionalism. He is a player who is extraordinarily consistent.

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

I am a player in life, not an observer. I look at herpes the way you look at a scraped knee.

I don't see myself as successful because I've worked on only a handful of films. The way I look at it, if you're really, really lucky, if you consistently work hard over the course of ten years, if you refuse to take no for an answer, if you surround yourself with great mentors and are a sponge, willing to learn, then you're bound for something to happen.

I have insecurities about being a good mom, or balancing my career with motherhood. All of those are very strong, very real obstacles. My motto is just unconsciously, and maybe now consciously because I'm saying it, is sink or swim. I'm a fighter.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.