Bruce Bennett Quotes

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.

Sometimes, I pinch myself. Through everything, its about hard work... believing in yourself and in the American dream. Believe that you can make something out of yourself.

I'm going to go out and attack it and get better every day. That's the same approach I've had since I was just a little kid.

I've always gone through adversity in this game, and I've always overcome it. My middle school coach told me that I was probably a better hockey player than a football player, and that still drives me every day.

My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.

I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.

There is no excuse for not trying.

I don't care whether I succeed or whether I fail as long as I am trying. I hope that I succeed.

There's gonna be times when people tell you that you can't live your dreams, this is what I tell them, Never Say Never.

Empty the cup every time and it comes back at twice as full. I developed that attitude when I was very, very young, when I decided I didn't want to be a gangster anymore. Whether it's just shining shoes, I said okay, I'm going to do this better than anybody else did it in my life.

Obviously I would have loved to have won, but I have had a good run every match.

When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I'm going to wait and I'm going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn't happen, a seventh. It's going to be like this. That's the spirit of sport.

This is what I learned at the hospital. You have to do everything you can, you have to work your hardest, and if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.

As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.

If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.

Success is not a stop sign.

Stay humble, be fearless, and work, work, work, work, work, work.

I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win football games.

All I know is what I have been given and what opportunities lie before me. Try to make the best of them, and I'm not going to give up until I make it to the top.

We can't control everything in our lives. Sometimes you're No. 2, 3, 4 or 5. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you strive to be No. 1.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

I'm going to go out there and do what I do and play football, and everything will work out.