Captain Beefheart Quotes

I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.

One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.

Have a good work ethic. You've got to practice, practice, practice. I'm not telling you what to practice - that's up to you.

I try to learn every day and train as hard as I can.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.

I was messing around with the harmonica... but I was 13 before I got a real good note out of it.

Do your best and keep learning - that's what I believe in.

I have to constantly keep pushing myself.

For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.

Winning is, of course, rewarding; who doesn't enjoy winning? But for me, it's about more than just winning: it's about knowing I'm putting in the day-to-day work to get a little bit better every time.

I was at a basketball camp when I was a kid and the lecturer used basketball spinning to teach us a lesson on never being satisfied with what you've accomplished. The lecturer talked about how the game of basketball was about learning to control the ball through dribbling and passing and shooting.

I just want to learn and try to be the best player I can be.

I take every day as it comes, try to work hard and benefit from the training.

I don't try to lose weight. I don't try to do nothing. I just try to put in my work, feel better, the things that I can do in the field to be better are better, so that's what I do.

I just have to continue to attack practice and get better.

I always train my weaknesses and work on my shortcomings - in the gym and outside the gym. Ha!

It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve.

I have the drive to spend five hours a day to teach myself a skill.

Training should be tough, it should challenge you, because that's how you improve.

With a little study you'll go a long ways, and I wish you'd start now

People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

Without training you will not grow wings.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.