Erwin McManus Quotes

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

Firstly, train lots. Secondly, train hard, the harder the better, no shortcuts. They will always come back to bite you when you least expect it. And third, always remember where you come from. Your parents, family, team, coaches, are the ones who will get you to where you are and will always be there for you.

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.

There's something spiritual in hard work. Spirituality isn't all aromatherapy and scented candles.

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

patience is an integral part of talent.

I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline

All success is quite temporary if you don't work hard enough to maintain where you are. Talent can get you somewhere but character keeps you there. You have to build character along the way and know when and know how to take the victories from situations even though they might seem grim.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

I always knew I had to work hard.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

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

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.