Steve Blank Quotes

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.

Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.

There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.

My life doesn't change. I still have to go out and work hard every day and do the best that I can do.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

Our school not only makes you an actor, it makes you understand who you actually are as well... it gives you discipline and punctuality. It also teaches you a way of life.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.

In life, you don't get anywhere or do anything you hope to without some sort of sacrifice.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.

Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.