Joe Mauer Quotes

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer.

It's funny that I love golf so much because I'm not usually drawn to things I'm not so good at. It's all about practice and working and not getting discouraged.

You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity.

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.

One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.

Two to four classes each offseason - just trying to chip away. There are times when I think, 'Man, I don't need to be doing this. Why am I doing this to myself?' But to fight through that and come out and make a good grade, it feels worth it. Hopefully something good comes out of it one day.

My mentality is still the same. I have to continue to get better.

You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher.

I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

I know people know how good I am playing basketball... All I do is just use it as motivation: keep getting better, keep doing the same stuff and doing it even better.

Throughout COVID, I just consistently grinded at my craft. I didn't let COVID get in the way of my goal and the goal is to be the best me that I can be for the team.

My goal is always to get better every day. No one will ever outwork me. That's how it will always be for me. That will never change.

I'm a perfectionist and I've always been interested in growing and I think that has given me the mental fortitude to continue.

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers

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

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.