Dominique Wilkins Quotes

I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.

And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

Discipline is creating the situation.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

I know I haven't always done things the right way. I'm just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

I think that getting responsibility and structure are huge parts of growing up.

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

Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.

I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.

I grew up very disciplined and doing what I had to do.

Obviously you try to learn from the past and your mistakes and how you can become a better player as well as a better person.

I worked really hard and changed myself and became a more mature player.

I'm more disciplined now. The days of late-night parties are over.

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

I am a responsible person. I plan a lot. I am disciplined.

You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.

Thanks to my upbringing, I lead a disciplined life, which is very important.

People hold me accountable. Before I would push people away, but that's not a way to be successful.

I realize everything's on me as far as what kind of player, person, and student I'm going to be.