Bill Belichick Quotes

I'm going to go out there and work hard. I'm going to get better, I'm going to learn from my mistakes and I'm going to be there when my team needs me.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.

Each and every day you have to perform, whether it's on the practice ground or off the practice ground. I just want to improve each and every day.

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

I always strive to set an example for my kids to work hard and develop a strong sense of work ethic.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

When you do what you're supposed to do and don't complain much, I think the fans, media, players and front office appreciate and respect that.

Always be prepared; always work hard and take pride in your work no matter what it is. I still follow that advice and have already tried to pass it on to my children. They, of course, ignored me.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

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.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

My work ethic I learned at Miami High, and I have taken that with me.

I am not the greatest actor in the world, but the reason I keep working is that I work hard and show up every day and be easy to work with.

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.

I tell young people - including my granddaughter - there is no shortcut in life. You have to take it one step at a time and work hard. And you have to give back.

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.

My philosophy when I trained was to be 1% better every day.