Jay-Z Quotes

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

Put your head down and work as hard as you can because there is always someone better out there.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

I'm not a genius; I'm a worker.

I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.

There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.

Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.

I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

As long as you try your best, that is all that matters. You don't have to be the fastest runner or top of the class.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

I've always tried to work hard. I'm not trying to show anybody up or do something spectacular for attention.

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

I try to do my best.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.

Stay humble, be fearless, and work, work, work, work, work, work.

I'm trying my best.