Lawrence Jackson Quotes

When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

You've got to go out there and play your best. It's about what you do on the football field.

I know what is important. When I go to the pitch, I cannot laugh; I respect the other players. I try my best and put my passion inside the game.

I like working on the pitch, staying focused.

I have to work hard and give my all in games and training sessions.

Practice makes perfect and if you practice battling and competing and working hard, then that will transfer over in a game. If you practice just kind of floating around out there in practice, you know that's going to transfer over, too. So I think the harder you work and the more you compete, then that's how you're going to play in a game.

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.

Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.

When I go on to the field, it is also like my office. I have to give my 100 per cent, and I have to be really committed to it. It's all about winning.

What is important is that I do my job on the field.

I love this game. When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard every day.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

The simple truth is that in order to become good, you have to be obsessed. You have to put in an awful lot of time and hard work and couple that with desire and unflagging perseverance.

When you're on the pitch, you give 100 percent to win the game.