Michael Chang Quotes

Every day, for 1,000 days, I made a video. I never missed a day, not even once. I don't know how I did it.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

When I decide to do something, I do it.

I don't think I have discipline when it comes to anything.

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

I don't have a lot of discipline.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.

He helps me every day to do my exercises. Siegfried told me once, 'The one who is a hero is the one who can hang on just one minute longer.'

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.

The people who get bored and want to get out of a long-run aren't the people who actually like to act.

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

The one thing you can control is effort.

If I don't have the drive and determination to wake up every day and train with young, hungry fighters, if I don't want to do that, then I need to get out of the game, but as long as my body says I'm all right, and my hunger stays the same, I'm going to keep going.

Dreams require down payments. Dreams are free, but the journey isn't. There is a price to pay. When you find your why you'll find your way. When you develop your will you will embark on your way. Many people start; few people finish. Many people have a dream; few people achieve their dreams.

Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

A success, to me, is the ability to keep working. That's success. It has nothing to do with money; it's the ability to keep getting things made, period.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.