Fernando Torres Quotes

Everything we got was never given to us.

Nothing has ever been given to me.

You have to rely on yourself and your associates - gifts don't come from above; you're going to win them, or you won't have them.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

I earn everything that I get.

The sweet feeling is knowing that nobody gave me anything for free.

I know how to work. Not everything was given to me.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

Nobody gave me anything.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.

Mom only gets angry when I don't visit her enough. She raised six kids to be 100 percent independent and work for everything we achieve. I mean, we don't expect anything for free.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.

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

I learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others.

The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

When America's early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, and even pay for no work at all.

I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.

I don't like having people do little things for me.