John McEnroe Quotes

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

One bit of advice I can give people is to remember that anything worthwhile takes a long time.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Don't expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: she's not the best singer in the world, but she's got where she has through hard work.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

I've learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

Good things happen to those who hustle.