Erik Lamela Quotes

If you don't train in a certain way because you think you won't play, you have to do more in the week to show why you deserve to play.

I probably train just as hard or harder as everybody.

At the end of the day, a show like 'Strictly' is not about what colour you are, or where you come from. It is about how hard you are prepared to work and how well you can dance.

Hey, people have their own opinions. But when I'm on the floor and I don't see somebody giving their all - I'm going to demand an effort. I'm out there to win games, and that's the bottom line.

I think one of the most important things for a young player's development is that they understand that they will play when they deserve the right to play.

It doesn't matter what division you are in. You must prove that you deserve to be where you are every game. The proof is not offered with words, but with action.

It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.

The more people they can give us upfront the harder we play.

I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

It's amazing the hours you pull when you're the lead of a show.

It's my only religion to work hard, and then I'm not under any pressure because I know I've done the work on the character.

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.

I don't have to show that I am working very hard.

Well gentlemen, today we are going to earn our pay.

I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.

Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.

Our philosophy here, guys, is we're going to work as long as we have to to get the work done. I'm not one that wants the coaches to compete to see who can get in the earliest, who stays the latest, who passes themselves on the way into work in the morning.

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

I think I'm fairly demanding, probably. You have to feel that when you're appointed to a job you have to do the job.

I'm at my best when people are depending on me. If it's just on me and I don't have nothing to do, I'm going to be lazy. On the football field, it's every single day, every play, knowing that people are depending on me to make my play. That helps me elevate my game to another level.

In order to succeed in WWE, you're responsible. If you put in 100 percent, you get back 100 percent.

The best players in the world are working so hard, I gotta work even harder.