Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

All you can do is the best you can do.

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.

There's no real road map to L.A. Everyone's journey is different. You have to persevere and be willing to put everything in it. You have to stick it out. I don't really have a safety net, but what I do is put myself in the best possible position to succeed by working hard. Also, be careful who you let into your life.

I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

You don't actually need confidence or good self-esteem to be successful. You just need to have courage.

You have to keep trying to get better.

Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.

You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.

Work harder than everyone, be patient, and just know that if you're going to do something on your own, you're gonna have to feel some pain.

I have to keep pushing and keep striving, and also keep being me on the field.

From Day One, I've always had to work to find my way onto the court or onto the top position or whatever it may be.

Throughout COVID, I just consistently grinded at my craft. I didn't let COVID get in the way of my goal and the goal is to be the best me that I can be for the team.

You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.

Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers

One of my biggest influences of all time would probably be one of my soccer coaches, Coach Darlington, from high school. He was always trying to get me to push myself really hard. No excuses. I always hated him, but it paid off. I think that's what life is all about... when you push through the hard stuff and it pays off.

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.