Willie Mays Quotes

To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!

I really love modeling a lot. Once I am behind the camera and start moving, there's a kind of energy that makes me feel good. But I know I have to prepare for something else before I grow up.

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

I think you've gotta believe in yourself, I think you gotta put in a lot of work off the court to make sure you're ready.

I just want to work my game and I believe I can do that.

I think a lot of where I find my confidence is knowing I've prepared as well as I could have.

We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready.

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?

I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a good story that's a challenge, whether it's big or small. Or that it finds me. I don't have like a career plan. Maybe I should, but I don't.

Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wanted to come out and be as good as any team in the state, to prove we could hang with any team at any time.

Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.

I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very good thing. I think if I had a viable plan B, I might not have kept going.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer; however, if you can't see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

The only way that I can do better than someone else, maybe they're better at something else, but they'll never beat me at work.

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.