Carl Yastrzemski Quotes

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.

To be the best, you need to be the most well-trained and well-prepared athlete you can be. The pressure is going to be all around you. You just have to make sure that your body and mind is fine-tuned. Then you go out there and do it.

I'm in the gym nonstop, I'm always in shape, so I'm willing to do what it takes.

I've put a lot of time and effort into my body over the years. And it pays off.

I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me.

I probably train just as hard or harder as everybody.

You just have to keep working hard in training.

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.

I know people know how good I am playing basketball... All I do is just use it as motivation: keep getting better, keep doing the same stuff and doing it even better.

I wanted to challenge myself to reach my full potential as a player.

Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.

Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.

Work harder than everyone, be patient, and just know that if you're going to do something on your own, you're gonna have to feel some pain.

I work my butt off and have a positive attitude.

I have to keep pushing and keep striving, and also keep being me on the field.

I've got to continue to work on everything.

Every time I write down my goals, I realize that I have to hit the gym. I have to eat right. I have to improve in the ring. I have to give it 100%. I have to improve on my promos. These are the things that go through my head daily because I work hard on them.

You got to be able to work hard. And that's what I do. I work hard, because that's what's necessary. You have to go that extra mile.

I wanted to win every day, I wanted to show them every day that I was an NBA player - from shooting the ball in practice, to being there early or forming relationships - everything in my power I tried to do.

Every little thing you do is going to add up and be the difference and contribute to your success. If you believe in that, it's going to make you want to get 1 percent better every day. Do that extra one rep in the weight room. Do that extra mental rep at practice. Stay a little longer because it's going to add up and be the difference.

Becoming an artist is not empirical; it's not about hard work. You have to put the work in, but that doesn't mean you're going to make it.