Dries Mertens Quotes

No matter what people say, about what I did, about what I am like... They say you are not dedicated or hardworking. A lot of people say things about me, but they don't realise I have played 250 games. It's not like you just land up in the team, sit down and play 250 games. You can't survive like that in international cricket.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.

I've worked hard all my life.

There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but you've got to work hard to do it.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

I've worked very hard for everything I have and nothing has come easy.

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

Jack Nicholson didn't get anything until he was in his thirties. You have to persevere and put yourself in positions, and sooner or later, you will break through.

There's a big difference between where I came from and the NFL. Things like this don't happen to people from there often. It just took a lot of hard work and dedication, staying on the right path, believing in myself, and having an inner drive.

Continuity is what makes success, but it is all about getting over the humps on the road to that; that's what football is all about.

I didn't really have to struggle in the industry, but I've never shied away from hard work.

Nothing's really been handed to me, and I've stayed in the game long enough to get an opportunity that I've been hopefully knocking it out of the park every chance I get.

I work really hard and have rolled up my sleeves for a long time to get the opportunities I've had.

You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

I won't say I am a premier bowler or anything, because we are all trying to work hard, and whoever gets the opportunity wants to do well.

When I signed for United, I felt like it was a reward for everything that I'd been through in my life.

We want to do something important in the World Cup, and hopefully I have the chance. If not, well, life goes on, I'll keep working the same way and supporting my teammates.

Whatever opportunities I got after the Under-19 World Cup, I tried to make most of it and do my best for the team.

It was a miracle that I became an actress. I survived because of hard work and perseverance.

Long shots do come in and hard work, dedication and perseverance will overcome almost any prejudice and open almost any door.

I will leave no stone unturned as far as hard work is concerned.

I've had to work so hard in my career to get to this point, from leaving City and going to the Championship to work my way back up. I believed I could do it, and I'm grateful to Burnley and Tottenham for letting me do it in the Premier League.

I wouldn't attribute everything to luck. I think I am very hardworking, and nothing discounts hard work for anything.

I think you can't get anywhere without hard work.