Kobe Bryant Quotes

Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied.

If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.

The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula.

The world doesn't give a damn about you unless you do something. Those are the rules; I didn't make them. If you are lazy, if you don't get the work that you love done, the world won't care if you die tomorrow and go into the grave and are gone and forgotten forever.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard and and perseverance. No excuses.

Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is a seed shut up in the pod, and art without practice is nothing.

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.

The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

It's actually true that I keep myself going by constantly promising myself that in response for the hard work I will be allowed to do some more hard work later on.

You've got to be willing to work, and if you're willing to work, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.

Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don’t have time.

All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure.

Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing.