Roy L. Smith Quotes

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else.

I'm not some crazy party animal. That's OK. If you say you want to be the best, you have to do what the best do - train, research, eat right, take care of yourself, and be. Don't pretend.

I don't think I've had to change anything, really, apart from being more serious and focussed on my drive. One thing I've realised is that you get out what you put in and because of that my work rate has increased ten fold.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.

I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.

Being the best at whatever talent you have, that's what stimulates life.

I want to be the best player I can be.

I can improve and make my game more complete, but I keep on working and try my best.

You have to train yourself, think, contemplate, and work on your craft every day.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

I need to remain humble, stay disciplined and keep training. That's how I will continue to be a champion.

I want to be a player that does everything he can to reach his ability, and I'll do that.

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

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

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.