Carol S. Dweck Quotes

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

Firstly, train lots. Secondly, train hard, the harder the better, no shortcuts. They will always come back to bite you when you least expect it. And third, always remember where you come from. Your parents, family, team, coaches, are the ones who will get you to where you are and will always be there for you.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

The key to anyone's success is staying with it!

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

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

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

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

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've got to prepare the same.

I think you just prepare the way you've always prepared and go about the game the same way and see where you stand at the end of the year.

There is no comfort zone. You continue to work hard, to be consistent and to deliver performances.

There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.

The beauty of football is you have to perform through ups and downs in a public form with a team and the discipline and the pushing through it and the preparation that it takes to be great - all of those things have served me well.

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.