Angela Duckworth Quotes

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

Normally I'm the type who wouldn't bail on a responsibility unless dead on the side of the road, and I believe deeply in the importance of continuing to follow our own paths.

It's important to complete things and finish what you started.

I tell my 5-year-old, 'Once you commit to something, stick it out.' I would never want him to look at Dad and think Dad was a quitter.

I pride myself on what I do every night. I pride myself on my work ethic and how I carry myself. I want to be mature in my approach but focused and disciplined.

Whenever I start something, I try to finish it.

For me, it's not really about showing the coaches. It's about being accountable, being accountable for my own actions and continuing to do what I've been doing since I got here.

I've never missed weight once in my entire life or my career going from wrestling from eight years old through all my professional career. If I agree to do something, I'm doing it.

If you want to be pro, you have to hold yourself accountable. It's about what you do when nobody's looking.

It's hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

Work hard and never make excuses.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.