Janina Gavankar Quotes

The people in Asia are diligent, talented and persistent in self-development.

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

If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills.

I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge.

Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

During the past 23 years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I'm proud to say that these goals have been achieved.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

The message I really want to get out there is that I'm someone who works hard, gets the most out of his talent, off the course has a great family life.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

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.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.

I believe that anyone can be what they want to be; it just comes down to hard work.

When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

I think the ability to hit - some guys have it and some guys don't - but I think how dedicated you are to trying to get the most out of yourself, I think kind of determines how good you are and for how long. I was born with the ability to hit, but my work ethic has taken it to the next level.

I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that.

If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

I know what I need to work on; I know my weaknesses, but I have that work ethic to improve every day. I have that want to be the best player at my position, and I have the belief in myself that one day that will come true.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.