Robert Parish Quotes

When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

The simple truth is that in order to become good, you have to be obsessed. You have to put in an awful lot of time and hard work and couple that with desire and unflagging perseverance.

Every time I step on the court, I have to give my all.

Every time I step on the field, I give my all.

I just try to bring it every night in whatever way I can.

Practice makes perfect and if you practice battling and competing and working hard, then that will transfer over in a game. If you practice just kind of floating around out there in practice, you know that's going to transfer over, too. So I think the harder you work and the more you compete, then that's how you're going to play in a game.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

As long as you put me out on the court, I was gonna play hard.

There's no abiding success without commitment.

Put your life into it - it's not that hard.

When I go on to the field, it is also like my office. I have to give my 100 per cent, and I have to be really committed to it. It's all about winning.

The bottom line is, you really have to commit to something if you're going to be successful in it.

USADA tested me, and I came back positive for hard work and beast-like characteristics.

The only thing I want to do is keep working and keep giving everything I can in every game.

My approach to this game for 14 years that I've been in this league is to play hard and give my 100 percent, whatever I have.

All I can do is turn up and compete.

I became more aggressive, more dedicated, more intense - taking it match by match, night by night - to literally crawl and scratch my way back to the top.

Whenever I do something, I tend to focus on it and spend all of my time and energy on it.

I just play hard.

Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.

Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it.

I don't care where I play, and wherever I do play, I'll play hard and give everything I got.

You've got to play hard every minute you're on the court.

If you work hard and you're somewhat talented, you'll be successful in this league.