Dan Shechtman Quotes

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

You may be in a medical or engineering college, but not all will stand first in class. It depends on who studies the most.

Winning is a habit.

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

I keep working hard day in and day out. When I get a chance to play, I try to produce the best I can.

My mind-set is to come in and compete and be the best I can possibly be.

I figure if you're going to go to class, you might as well make an A.

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

Always do your best.

I want to graduate high school, so it's very important to me, and I'll be focusing hard on that as well.

I have to work harder than what I am now to make sure that I stay on top of this and stay on top of the world and be competitive in major championships.

You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That's because of the passion.

My parents raised me with a never-give-up attitude, telling me I could be anything I wanted to be. I was a serious violinist and a valedictorian of my high school class. I knew all about hard work.

Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

I'm a representative of what you can become if you work hard and you focus on your education.

I say that the top players are the ones who work hardest. They are the easiest to handle - they know what it takes to stay at the best level.

There's only one way to succeed: Show up, work hard, and do everything right. Regardless of who you might be or what kind of job you may have.

There is no comfort zone. You continue to work hard, to be consistent and to deliver performances.