Nick McDonell Quotes

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

Work hard and never make excuses.

It's my only religion to work hard, and then I'm not under any pressure because I know I've done the work on the character.

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

What I need to do is to work hard and to always do my best to help the team.

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor performances.

But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didn't know if I had any more talent than anyone else directing, but I knew I could work hard at it, and so I did.

I always knew I had to work hard.

I'm going to go out there and work hard. I'm going to get better, I'm going to learn from my mistakes and I'm going to be there when my team needs me.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.

The only way to do something in depth is to work hard.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Mine's a pretty simple strategy: there's not a lot of talent here, but there's a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.

I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.