Michael Chandler Quotes

The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it's not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.

Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement.

I'll focus on my training, no matter who I fight.

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.

Slow, steady progress is better than fast, daily excuses.

You have to have a patience for exercise. You have to have a patience for college. You have to have a patience for relationships. Once the momentum gets going it takes on a life all of its own.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

Rome was not built in one day.

I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.

To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime.

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

The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.

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.

The hardest thing to do is dig deep and be patient about the things you're going to learn month to month and quarter to quarter.

Any time you're banged up, your body hurts, you don't really feel like going to the gym. That's when I feel like you really have to push through it. That's when you really make the leaps and bounds in your game. So, pushing through those days is never easy, but that's what gets you good.

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.

Hard work most often leads to success, but it's not every day, and it's not every week. It will pay off at different times over the course of your career.

Just being able to grind, day in and day out. You have to be a different kind of person to not just do the workouts, but to not make money for months at a time.

Until I am playing every game all season for a couple of seasons, I am always going to be striving for better.

I'm just trying to go out each week and get better. I just have to be patient, and it's going to happen.

You take it fight by fight, day by day. That's how I live it. That's how I train.

I have to be patient, keep performing, and be consistent.

I'm not always the guy getting knocked down a whole lot. My body probably hasn't been punished as much as the other guys have been. I think it's because I show up every day, and I try to do my best - give everything I have.