Gary Ryan Blair Quotes

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.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Acting like an adult and being professional on set and getting my work done has just been a lifestyle for me. It's not something I have to try hard to do, necessarily.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

Discipline is important for everything in life.

It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.

My childhood was all about discipline, hard work and training.

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

Whenever I start something, I try to finish it.

I've never missed weight once in my entire life or my career going from wrestling from eight years old through all my professional career. If I agree to do something, I'm doing it.

There's no excuse for losing for me.

My parents taught me not to complain, to always go forward. They taught me to always finish what I had on my plate. It seems ridiculous but these are little things that in the end make you stronger.

I don't want to let anyone down and I don't want to let myself down.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

The kind of young woman who can be a terrific torchbearer has high standards all the time, not just in her prom dress, but every, ordinary day.

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.

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

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.