Allen Johnson Quotes

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It's my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: 'Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.'

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

It is not very good for your head if you go up and down and up and down. I want to try to keep going up, with my quality and with my decisions that I make.

Staying consistent with positive habits can be a challenge.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I'm sick at myself for not winning more. But I am always trying to find ways to make myself a better player. I am not just turning up to make up the numbers.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Without boxing, because of my neighborhoods, who knows what would have happened to me. It was always about following the leader. And I definitely was not a leader. Boxing gave me discipline; a sense of self. It made me more outspoken. It gave me more confidence.

If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.

Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.

The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.

Resolutions are a wonderful thing if we can keep them, but many resolutions go by the wayside because we have not done anything different with our mindset.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

When you have the right habits, okay, certain good things will come to you, and that's what life is about.

A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.