Cole Swindell Quotes

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you.

It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, because my job was to shovel snow, and I wasn't there to do it any more, so I was able to buy him a blower.

I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little.

My team-mates appreciate that I do the dirty work and I know it is necessary.

I'm the type of person that, when it's my time in the spotlight, I'll do my duty in the spotlight. When it's not, and it's another person's time, I'll go away.

My parents were hardworking and still are. Everything I do is for them and the family.

There was always a purpose in what I did on the court because at the end of the day, my parents, they sacrificed for me and my brother. I had to do it for them.

Game has been good to me. I want to pay it forward. I want to leave it better than I found it. And injuries, I want to walk away. I don't want to limp away. Rest of my body goes to my kids.

I don't play for myself. I play for my teammates and play for the people that helped me get to where I am. I know they're watching me every week, and I want to play for them. It's just in my heart, and that's who I am.

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.

I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.

I enjoy what I'm able to give my family.

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

It would be very ungrateful of me to turn my back or stop doing work in Latin America.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

We all love people who give credit to others for their success. Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn't blow their own horn and ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

My number one thing was that if I ever did get successful enough to make it, I wanted to be able to give back to my family.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.