Wynton Marsalis Quotes

Winners do what losers don't want to do.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

The price of championships will never change. It's been set long before me. It will be the same long after me. That price is hard work, sweat, blood, tears, fatigue and exhaustion and doing so much more than what is required of you.

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you’re doing. It will give you an advantage because most people don’t do this.

The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

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.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

It's never crowded along the extra mile.

Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.

Work harder than anybody you've ever seen. That's what I believe.

Winning is not easy. There's an investment that has to be made night in and night out.

Just because I made it look easy doesn't mean that it was and you don't work hard and become a Hall of Famer without working day in and day out.

It takes more than talent to get to the top.

It's really indescribable. All the hard work you put in and all the sacrifices.

I work hard each and every summer, each and every day on my game to become a better player for my teammates, for the organization. Hard work always pays off.

I always believe that hard work is something that gets you to where you need to be, and I know in football it's not a one-man game.

I gave everything I had - on the floor, trying to be the best leader that I could, trying to help the guys as much as I could, putting in the extra work.

Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.