David Mamet Quotes

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.

Take the word for it of a man who has made his way inch by inch, and does not believe that we'll wake up to find our work done because we've lain all night a-dreaming of it; anything worth doing is devilish hard to do!

Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few marks are made in the world's history by eight-hour-day men.... Sir Joshua Reynolds had but one maxim for success: Work, work, work. Is not rigid and continuous training necessary for the making of strong athletes? Hard work is not fatal to real success. Vouloir c'est pouvoir.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

I just have to keep working hard and keep pushing for my chance.

I'm a believer in finding a passion, hard work and definitely not giving up on your dream.

You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you'll get to where you want.

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated you have to fight for that and don't give up however hard it is.

I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.

I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied.

Luck favors the people who are willing to grind it out.

My gift is execution; when I decide I'm going to do something, I'll stop at nothing to do it. Along the way, you take a lot of risks and go for it, but you have to believe in it. You gotta believe in your idea, and lucky for me, I found a lot of success in that.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.

Sticking to it is the genius.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves.