Kevin Plank Quotes

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

I always had to have a job in the summer when I was at school. It was about teaching me, and my brother and sisters, a good work ethic and making sure we knew there were no handouts. We had to find our own way in this world.

My worst habit in the kitchen is not allowing anybody to help me. I like to cook by myself.

My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was like, 'Hey, what kind of car do you want?' My first car was a '91 Ford Crown Victoria that was $1,000. And I had to buy every car after that. I had to do it all.

My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

Being independent isn't as flashy as a lot of people may think. It's a lot of hard work; its a lot of investing your own money. And to creatively time to make your day work - it's on you to make it work, and no one else.

Yeah, I just handle my business.

Being an 18 year-old football player, there are temptations. There are girls. There's going out to parties. There's doing this; there's doing that. There is drinking and blah, blah, blah. But at the end of the day it all comes down to maturity and what you have to do as a man to reach that next level. You have to be disciplined and make sacrifices.

I know what I want, and it's hard to delegate.

Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I'm addressing it. I'm doing the work that I have to do.

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

You focus on the things that you can control, and that's what I'm doing.

One thing that success has taught me is censorship.

If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.

For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

We are very isolated, far from boyfriends and friends, so we have to be strong, smart and very professional.

You have to establish in your life some sense of prioritizing things, of giving emphasis to the important things and of laying aside the unimportant things that will lead to nothing.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.