John Ruskin Quotes

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.

There are a lot of young teams that all they are is young. That doesn't mean they have a chance to be good.

I feel more mature as a player and I have the opportunity to show why they were all talking about me a potentially good player a few years ago.

I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Development is the only hard truth.

It's always great when you get a chance to give someone an opportunity to step outside his envelope and show people that he can do it.

I had teammates like Chris Davis. Manny Machado was really young and such a good kid. Seeing his development, it's ridiculous. He's going to get bigger. He's going to get stronger. He's going to get even better.

Success is never going to come in the way your teenage self sees it.

We just need to keep improving. Keep doing what we are doing and get better. That's the only way forward.

With time, I will progress even more, and I will be more mature to score even more goals.

My life has always gone step by step.

We are poised for greatness here in Miramar, our foundation is sound, the question is what are we going to do with the foundation?

After the World Cup, I feel more mature, more confident.

I'm glad I didn't get to WWE until I did because I was more complete at 32 than I was at 25. It all happens for a reason.

I'm not one to look at age and say that I've peaked.

Success doesn't come instantly. Neither does the ability to lead.

Anything that works well or has long-term success is never done quickly.

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's like the time capsule with everything in it. Or like the seed that when you plant it, becomes the enormous tree with leaves and fruit. Everybody was in that little seed, and so everything can open. The tree of dance is like that. It just takes a long, long time to blossom.

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.