Boyan Slat Quotes

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

I've always been one of those people - once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.

Whenever I do something, I tend to focus on it and spend all of my time and energy on it.

I've always been somebody who sort of throws himself, you could say, obsessively into whatever thing I'm passionate about.

When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone.

I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all.

I'm stubborn; I know what I want. I'll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it.

Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Well, I am obsessive about my work. I throw myself in all the way.

I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.

Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.

Without obsession, life is nothing.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.

I never do anything half-heartedly. I will continue to work hard and play hard and do everything I can to be successful, whatever I do.

I am going to work hard in training and give it my all.

For most of my 20s I felt the need to focus solely on my goals and let nothing distract me.

I have always been a very patient person, I am a perfectionist but have a high level of patience and think that's one of the things when I started my comeback that really helped... I wasn't rushing anything as long as I knew I was on the right track.

I have always been a very determined and stubborn person about what I want.