Frances Tiafoe Quotes

Every step, every bit of success, it's gotta be earned.

I have to work hard. I'm not naturally great at anything. I have to work really, really hard.

There is nothing that comes without working for it.

Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.

Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

I've always had to work hard for what I've got and to stay where I was.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.

I've worked very hard for everything I have and nothing has come easy.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

You have to work hard at things.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

I ain't going to say everything I touch turns to gold or camouflage. I've got to work hard to keep what I've got. Nothing comes easy to me. It never has.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned.

There's no secret. Just work hard.

My only path has always been to work hard.

I've never had anything given to me. I've never had anything easy. My whole career has been that way.

You have to work your way up the ladder just like everybody else. Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard.

Being driven helps; if you look at any athlete or entertainer, they're all going to come to times where, if it's handed to you and it's easy, then it's not worth having, and it hasn't been easy.