Paul Millsap Quotes

I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.

Sometimes success can bring complacency.

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

Success is seductive. It can make one complacent and inefficient and stale.

There's an inherent danger in letting people think that they have perfected something. When they believe they've 'nailed it,' most people tend to sit back and rest on their laurels while countless others will be labouring furiously to better their work!

I always say, complacency is the kiss of death.

With success comes complacency if you let it happen. It is human nature; there is that urge to think about how well you have done.

The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish

Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

Complacency is almost always the product of success or perceived success

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

I was very stale at Fox. Much of it was my own fault. I was lazy and didn't fight for things I wanted to do at other times. Most of my stuff consisted of setup/punchline jokes to the camera - a very old-school approach. I was part of the establishment, I guess.

I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.

After I did 'Mr. Show,' I was basically just a writer for a while. I was really young, and I kinda was like, wow, I'm 27 and I was already on this iconic show, and now I can just coast. But no one likes coasting, because you have to fill your day with stuff.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'

The biggest mistake to me is complacency.

Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would win. I never came back for the money, because I didn't need it. The adulation I was getting anyway in other spheres. But I'm a guy who likes to see how close he can get to the edge of the mountain - that's what makes me tick.

Nothing recedes like success.

One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.