Ernie Banks Quotes

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.

My whole thing is if you want to do it, then do it. Kobe told me this, but he said, 'You don't wanna lay all your eggs in one basket, but you wanna lay all your eggs in one basket.' If you wanna do something and be great at it, that's what you're going to have to specialize in. Just take it and run.

I never had a backup plan. I've only been good at one thing. I admire people who are jacks-of-all-trades. That's not me.

Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it's not just stamina in your effort. It's also stamina in your direction, stamina in your interests. If you are working on different things but all of them very hard, you're not really going to get anywhere. You'll never become an expert.

Focus on one thing and do one thing well.

Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.

You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.

I want to do one thing and do it well.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusion of almost everything else.

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.

I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.

Longevity of focus, I think, is the hardest part. You know it's to have a vision and then try to hold that vision and not have it change.

All my collaborators unilaterally said that I need to just stay on one idea for longer. And of course I understand that. I like to switch gears a lot, and I like this kind of sloppy attitude.

One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched.

Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.... Our motto seems to be, "Let's do a little bit of everything."

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.