Max Joseph Quotes

I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don't go from M to Z.

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

I was a waitress for nine years, which I don't regret at all. It taught me about discipline. I was always writing; it took a long time to make a career of it.

I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.

I always had ambition. I always knew I was going to go to college. I could party and do that stuff, but I always got straight A's and a 4.0 and all that.

People always tell me, 'Don't work so much', but I can't help it. I feel like all the things I've done are important to get to this adult stage and now I'm getting all these adult offers, so it's working.

I got my agents right out of school, and I booked my first commercial right away. It was always enough to not quit and do something else.

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.

There's always people trying to do something to make a quick buck. But, if you plan on the long game, you can essentially guarantee success if you're willing to put in the work and if you surround yourself with the right team.

I studied hard and completed my engineering. And I also pursued music that was my passion.

A lot of times, you see everyone's highlight reels because of social media. You don't know the work that went into getting to that point. This is something that's going to take time, hard work, and you have to be dedicated towards your craft.

To become a superstar, it's not only the voice. You have to have all these things: talent, determination, be ready to work, ready to understand.

The price of excellence is labor, and time that of immortality.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

To make any endeavor successful, you have to put that time and energy into something and work long hard days. Whether it's on the weekends or at night. You have to be constantly looking to improve things.

My studies and my journey to succeed in the glamour world will go simultaneously.

Patience is key. You can't get selfish, and that's the number one thing I've learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just knew - given the right opportunity and the right moment - that the world would know I was good, but now the world knows that I'm great.

Things aren't gifted to you. Things don't just come from an idea, from nothing. You have to work for them. You have to pursue them. You have to take time. You have to sacrifice.

It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace.

I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to stay in the big leagues. One thing is getting to the big leagues; another thing is to stay.

There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey.

I've never stopped working, and I still have 'pinch me' moments all the time.

In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.

It's easy to become complacent when you are earning decent money as a young player. It's important to understand that there is a lot to achieve, and there is a long way to go before you are where you actually want to be.

There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.