Frances Tiafoe Quotes

I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do.

Most of the stuff I've done is quite serious, so I'm usually studious.

You have to have a work ethic, and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools.

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

I'm definitely not joking around on set.

Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.

It's all about work when you reach up, tap in and step on that field. You don't mess around when you go through that gate.

I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work.

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

When the time comes to work, I work.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

I take my work seriously.

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.

To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

I just try to do the best job I can with what I'm given. My main focus is the work and not the glamour.

You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.

I am all business, I am all work.