Plutarch Quotes

It is not the critic who counts

All happiness depends on courage and work.

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

Victory is the child of preparation and determination.

I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don't succeed, I feel good about the effort.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.

I ain't going to say everything I touch turns to gold or camouflage. I've got to work hard to keep what I've got. Nothing comes easy to me. It never has.

Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!

I've never had anything given to me. I've never had anything easy. My whole career has been that way.

You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

Being driven helps; if you look at any athlete or entertainer, they're all going to come to times where, if it's handed to you and it's easy, then it's not worth having, and it hasn't been easy.

I wouldn't attribute everything to luck. I think I am very hardworking, and nothing discounts hard work for anything.

We all do our best. We hope we can win.

All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

I wouldn't say it came easy, but I understood how to win and I determined how I could do it.

Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph.

You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.

It's not the critic who counts.

You win the fight by fighting.

If you don't run, you can't win.

If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something.