Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Quotes

In this business, you gotta hustle.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

There's no formula for success in this business. You just do the best you can.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.

There's no escalators - there's only staircases to success. There is no substitute for hard work.

If you need things, you work harder to get them.

Every step of my career was hard work.

You work all year to win.

I've never met a successful person in any walk of life - from Michael Dell to Peyton Manning to Barack Obama - that when you ask that person, 'Hey, how did you get here, and what was your road like?' They say, 'You know what? It was really easy. I slept in all the time, turned my papers in late, didn't pay attention to people and my surroundings.'

Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic. It takes sweat, determination, and hard work.

You don't just become a success overnight.

If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.

Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

You have to work your way up the ladder just like everybody else. Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard.

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