Nick Faldo Quotes

I think passion and discipline are wonderful, complementary things.

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.

Well, I am obsessive about my work. I throw myself in all the way.

It's not fun when you're losing, but it's fun when your teammates are diving for loose balls and you're helping them up and clapping for each other.

From the time I was 11 until I was 23 and met my wife, wrestling was all I cared about. It was an obsession, and that's why I think I ended up making it. There was no other option for me.

That's football. It's like in any walk of life: you get some people who are going to try more than others.

I just tried to go out there and play with attitude, doing what I was supposed to do and knowing my role on the team. Doing what my team expected me to do every night, not just once a week. It was all about work and I was just a tough guy who would knock somebody down.

A long-term relationship is about showing up and working hard and banking on each other. If one's down, the other might be up and can help the other one up, and sometimes you're both down and you just [band] together. Endurance is a big theme of it for me. That might not sound romantic, but I kind of think that it is.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

As simplistic as this may sound, commitment is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

Angel, a crowd of millions couldn’t hide you from me. I found you once. I’ll always find you.

stick at it like a benni addict

The commitment. I think that's the key quality of all successful people. You just have to keep at it. People who enjoy sustained success understand the fact that you have to remain very committed to whatever it is you're doing, especially in this instant-gratification culture.

There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

I don't even think about the word. But I do have certain things where I just go, "Aaaaahhh," irritatingly boring and insistent because I want it to look that way and I can do it - I don't even know if you'd call it passion or obsession. Obsession, possibly, but I really love what I do.

I get into each thing I do, to the point where nothing else matters. I guess I'm an extremist.

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

When you have your passion, you never even think about other things. It's tunnel vision. You go until you get it.

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.