Jahlil Okafor Quotes

I enjoy hard work; I love setting goals and achieving them.

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

Besides training, you need to be focused and not shy away from hard work.

I'm 32 this year so I'm experienced, I know how it is: sometimes you do very easy things and sometimes you can do crazy things that you don't understand. It's just to be focused on the hard work. For me, that's always the No 1 thing.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

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

If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.

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

I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?

When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.

Do the day's work.

I am all business, I am all work.

You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.

I have to make sure I stay focused and have the same ambition I've always had and work hard - that's the key to success.

I'm a really hardworking person.

I want to have the strongest work ethic.

I don't like to take a lot of time off. It's really not in my DNA.

Go to work every day, be the first one in and the last one to leave, and you'll know that you've done everything in your power to make your life better.

I have always stayed focused, working to the fullest.

It gets hard no matter what it is you're doing - school, work - the only way you're going to do it is if you stay consistent and focused.

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.