Lauren Graham Quotes

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

I must keep working with faith, and know that effort and hard work brings its rewards.

My game is getting better all the time. I'm consistently working hard, and I feel like I'm always doing the right things.

It's not easy not getting playing time, but you have to keep showing up and working your tail off to be ready.

The secret to my success is practice!

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

One cannot rest except after steady practice.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.

There is no shortcut to achievement.

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything- You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.