Courtney B. Vance Quotes

Just put football first, or your job first. Give everything you've got all week, work hard, work super-hard to take it to the next level every week. And when you feel like you got to the point where you want to be, you definitely need the time to go out, relax, have a good time, take all the stress off it.

I'm constantly working. I am constantly going to the next thing.

I just work every day.

I know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the NBA. The secret is there is no secret. It's just boring old habits.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces.

If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

My only day off is the day I pitch.

Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.

When you are working really hard and you're really focused on your career, a lot of other things suffer.

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

I just don't stop working.

After graduating college, I was coming out of a routine I'd been in for several years, all the way back to high school. It was a year-round process of constantly having to work and be disciplined, and I was able to understand and connect the dots between all those characteristics - especially hard work and success.

Following your heart and working really, really hard is the best thing you can do, and just try not to be too hard on yourself.

Every day's a hustle.

What's my secret? I don't have a secret - you just have to work every day on your dreams.

Progress takes time and discipline.

I think it is important to do good work and last longer than to do lot of work and burn out quickly.

I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate.

I believe that success either comes overnight or slowly, but steadily.