Laurie Hernandez Quotes

No matter where you come from, everything comes through work.

At the end of the day, a show like 'Strictly' is not about what colour you are, or where you come from. It is about how hard you are prepared to work and how well you can dance.

As long as you work hard, the manager will see it, and he'll give you an opportunity.

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of that dream, part of that goal set and the mindset of wanting to get there. And then you realize there's so much incredible hard work and determination and effort that you need to put in along the way.

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it.

I couldn't buy my way - I had to work my way. What a great quote: 'I couldn't buy my way into success, I had to work my way into success.'

I think there's lots of people with family connections but who are actually nowhere. If you're hard-working and determined, you will make it, and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

America isn't easy. America takes work.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Get your work in. Work hard at it. Give it your best effort. And if you get an opportunity, be ready for it. That's respect for the game.

There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues.

The one thing you realize if you're going to be successful - no matter where you grew up, no matter what your educational level is - A. You can succeed, but B. The only way you're going to succeed is by outworking everyone else.

If you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to move up.

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - there's no substitute for hard work.