Giannis Antetokounmpo Quotes

Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

I'm happy I was able to stick through it and was being very disciplined with what I had to do, because I know eventually hard work will pay off. It's only a matter of now just trying to make sure I get matches under my belt and I feel more and more comfortable playing matches.

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

Nobody's a natural. You work to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

The key to my perseverance was absolutely loving the craft of acting. I just figured that if I kept doing it, at the very least I would get better at acting. Even if I didn't become a tremendous success, as long as I knew I was improving and getting better, to me, that was success.

I remember hearing Will Smith, back when he was just a rapper, saying, 'When all the other rap stars are in bed, I'm practicing my rapping.' I try to be like that. There is always something to improve.

I always thought, 'That's just the way you do it.' You work as hard as you can for as long as you can, and the small gains you make will eventually pay off.

You have to keep trying to get better.

I wanted to put in the time and the work, because eventually it pays off in a good way.

If you keep working at something and stay with it, eventually good things will happen to you.

I still want to make more plays, but you know it's going to come. You gotta keep playing, playing hard, continue to study, continue to get myself better, working on my technique, and it will come. Just gotta keep working.

I've always been playing because I knew this was eventually going to pay off in the long run for me.

You put in what you get out. If you don't put time into your game, you're not going to get better.

We need to push. We need to have ambition. We need to have desire to improve every day.

My game is getting better all the time. I'm consistently working hard, and I feel like I'm always doing the right things.

Of course everyone has those moments of frustration now and then, when you say, 'I wish I could play well already - or just stop.' But it's too much trouble to stop just for a moment of frustration. It is when you keep going that you make the most progress.

I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I think that shows hard work pays off. A good thing takes a while.

I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you know, a putback dunk off a rebound. I had never done that. He told me that he'd get me a pair of new shoes if I did it. I just kept trying. I couldn't get it, couldn't get it, couldn't get it. It took me a year or so. Finally, one game, I got it.

You just work at it. You just keep grinding away, keep trying to get better, and if you got the ability, one day you have a chance.

Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.

Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.