Kevin Costner Quotes

It doesn't take talent to work hard.

I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.

Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.

When you get hard work you get success, and we put a lot of years into it.

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.

Whatever you do, if you do it hard enough you'll enjoy it. The important thing is to work and work hard.

The person that works the hardest wins.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it.

I work so hard and so many hours, and I've done that for years and years and years.

I learned pretty quickly that it's your WORK ETHIC that LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD. Education helps, but I've met failures who have Ph.D.s. I believe the hardest worker is always going to win.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

If you don't respect nothin' else, you will respect this hustle.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

Talent without work is useless, thank God

Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

I think I work hard. I think I dedicate myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age, and I know if I continue to do good, what I can get out of it.

I always remind my kids that hard work pays off. That's how I got to where I am right now because of sacrifice and the work I put into it.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

U2 and folks like that. They all have that similar drive and that belief in themselves. They're early birds ... they're up working when everyone else is sleeping. They're simply all great at what they do.