Jay Chiat Quotes

I don't take time off.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.

I don't think I've ever had a minute off in Israel. I've been completely and utterly devoted to what Hanadiv does. I'm not saying I'm a good guy for that. It's just the way the dice have fallen.

Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.

Well gentlemen, today we are going to earn our pay.

Working at the White House is a great privilege, but I know it is also often a burden on you, and on the family and friends to whom you turn for support. That has meant long days, late nights, and many weekends here.

I like to think that I'm a family man first and a professional athlete second.

I think I'm fairly demanding, probably. You have to feel that when you're appointed to a job you have to do the job.

My friends ask me why I don't chill out and take things easy. I tell them that when I used to work 326 days a year, I never had time to do anything.

My mom was always there. Even if she got off work late sometimes, I still went to practice, whether I was 30 minutes late, 45 minutes late... I was still going to practice.

I have to work hard, just like any other player.

I am constantly working.

I can understand a bad pass or something like that; I don't get irate. But the one thing I can never accept is a lack of work rate. You have to be able to give everything you have.

I have a staff, but I still work insanely hard.

I've always worked. I have always been too responsible. But I don't know how to live any other way. I think that this discipline was also demanded of me by my work.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

I'm no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.

You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it's easy. I work long hours.