Chris Hogan Quotes

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.

If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

I'm all about getting the training. Don't roll out of bed and say, 'I can do this.'

My style is I work hard at it. I feel like I'm prepared every day.

My job is just to go out and play hard every day.

You've got to go out there and play your tail off every single day and at times during the year it can be tough to do that.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

At Juve you always have to go onto the field ready to give your best.

It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.

Sometimes, you're on the field, you get tired. If I'm not playing as hard on play 66 as I was on play number 1, then... come on.

I like working on the pitch, staying focused.

It's not easy not getting playing time, but you have to keep showing up and working your tail off to be ready.

My dad told me, 'If you're going to go out there and play baseball, or you're going to play basketball or football, work hard at it no matter what. I want you to have fun with your buddies, but you have to put in the time because this is your craft.' He didn't just want me to be good. He pushed me to that next level.

My batting average has been good, so people ask how much luck is involved. I tell them when I work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I get lucky.

Success is when persistence meets preparation.

Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.

What you do in practice is going to determine your level of success. I used to tell my players, 'You have to give 100 percent every day. Whatever you don't give, you can't make up for tomorrow. If you give only 75 percent today, you can't give 125 percent tomorrow to make up for it.'

I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.

You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.