LeSean McCoy Quotes

If we wanted something, we had to earn it.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

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.

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

I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

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.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

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 was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

I try to do my best.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.

My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.

You do what it takes. It was on me to deliver.

We don't start a job that we can't finish... that's the American way.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.

I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.