Jon Taffer Quotes

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'

Failure is an awful thing, and when I look at the common denominator of failure, it seems to always be the same thing: excuses.

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

You will find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.

Nine out of ten people who are failing blame their failure on somebody else. And that is the common denominator of failure.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done.

Don't make excuses, make good.

You cannot make progress with excuses.

It's shown and proved that hard work pays off. Make goals, achieve them and replace them with new goals.

But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.

Work hard and never make excuses.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

Success is dependent on effort.

I'm just working hard because I know that's the way you can get things done. That's how I've been able to be successful.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world.

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

See, winners embrace hard work.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.