Pete Rose Quotes

A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow.

I try to get better at what I'm doing, game after game.

Some people are just naturally good. I always found ways to become good.

I had some definite weaknesses my rookie year that I had to work on and hopefully I've gotten better at those.

The more you do, the more you think, the better you get.

Growth is uncomfortable; you have to embrace the discomfort if you want to expand.

We all have the things that we all have to work on, and things we have to get better at.

It really helps you grow as an individual and a ball player to realize that nothing comes easy in this league, and you have to work for everything.

I just want to keep on getting better and improving. Those extra hours on the training pitch, whether it be with the boys or individually, I am just looking to improve.

There is a lot of room for improvement for everybody, no matter who you are, so that is all I did, really: practice.

If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

I think she's going to be better and better if she works hard.

I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

Without training you will not grow wings.

If you work at something, you get better at it.

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

To obtain success, you must get the most out of your ability and to do that you must work on your weaknesses.

You have to work hard each day and try to figure out what's going on and try to get better each day.

Every year, I find things where I can go harder into and things like that.