Plato Quotes

When I'm in professional mode, I do the best job that I can.

It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.

Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.

Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world.

That's the most important thing - once you're on the pitch, you need to do your job properly.

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.

A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.

You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don't start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just dive right in.

I have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is required when you get there.

Excellent soldiers are not furious.

Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects in varying stages of alcoholism.

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)

...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness. I have a whole new appreciation of soldiers. I saw myself on screen and thought, 'That body is so not hard enough to be a soldier.'

Tikka Khan was a soldier doing a soldier's job.

The soldier's body becomes a stock of accessories that are not his property.

I don't think labels are as important as results.

It's a lot harder to keep your cool than it is to lose it. That's on any work ethic. Even if you're a big producer on a movie set, or whatever, it's a lot harder to be a pro than be a baby on your crew. That's one work ethic to keep in mind, as one bad apple could give five people a bad day, when that one person could've stepped up their own efforts a little more and not bring anyone else down.

Be a pro. • Act like a champion. • Respond to adversity; don’t react. • Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon. • Execute. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Not almost. All the way. Not most of the time. All of the time. • Take ownership. Whatever it takes. No excuses, no explanations.

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.

Work only can keep even kings respectable.