Steven Pressfield Quotes

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Each and every day you have to perform, whether it's on the practice ground or off the practice ground. I just want to improve each and every day.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

As long as you focus on getting better at one thing a day it accumulates.

Staying consistent with positive habits can be a challenge.

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

Habits change into character.

I think if you stop bad habits, and you stop long enough, you develop good habits.

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

If you want to remain the best, you have to keep on doing what you are good at.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to bring to the ballpark each and every day a good effort and do the best that I could each and every day.

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

We become what we repeatedly do.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.

The soaps are great training. You can form good habits - or you can form bad habits. You have to set your goals. If you're not clear on what you want, you can slip into bad habits. It can become a comfortable place, and you don't grow.

I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.