Samoa Joe Quotes

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

You've got to want it. I can give you a role. I can't give you a career.

Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.

Every step of my career was hard work.

If you can't hold yourself accountable and get your job done then you're not going to be successful.

I'm confident to say that if you want to grow in a profession, consistency is the key… I'm strict about my work goals and training.

It's hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable.

Making an effort is in your hands. Giving 100% is in your hands.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.

Work hard and never make excuses.

It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work - just plain, hard work.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

This is my future and I will take personal responsibility for making sure all competition requirements are met.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.