Carol S. Dweck Quotes

Success is never accidental.

If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.

There is nothing better than to make it to the College World Series. All of the extra reps in the weight room, all of the early morning practices, and all the hard work spent the entire year makes it worth it.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.

One man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, and accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and … makes the execution of that same plan his sole Study and Business.

I really focus on the ball, I really focus on the work, and I really focus on creating all the growth opportunities for anyone in the organisation that's willing to do it.

You've just got to keep playing and keep working hard to get where you're supposed to be.

But talking about goals and scoring and assists, you can never predict anything. I will just do my best to work hard and hopefully that helps the team to win the games. That's the only thing I'm focused on.

I don't care what you do in life. To say that that year I was the absolute best, especially when you're in a team sport - and I have more of a personality that I wished I would've played an individual sport - to win a championship, to get 60 people and focused in one direction and do it over a seven-month period is phenomenal.

We know that you can only achieve certain targets by working.

The main thing is to work hard. When you work hard, you'll be in the team. It's as simple as that. And that's what I'm going to do, put my head down, work hard, and see where it takes me.

It takes a lot of hard work to stay committed and focus on what I wanted to achieve.

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

It doesn't matter if I'm in a boardroom pitching to a group, attempting to perfect the latte heart, or stopping a running back on 4th and 2. If I'm passionate and willing to devote the time and effort to something; I'm unstoppable.

Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.

Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.

Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.

In business or in football, it takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to produce spectacular results.

The times I've been most successful have been the product of hard work and focus, but there's also been an ease and flow to it that's unmistakable.

I think to be successful at anything you have to put in a hell of a lot of effort. Pick your battles. I picked music, put in a lot of effort, and it's worked.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.