Astro Teller Quotes

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

We’ll need high doses of humility, conviction, and passion. Stat!

I'm the type of person that doesn't quit. I just keep going and give my best effort because I don't want to look back on my life when I'm, like, 80 or 90 and say, 'Man, I wish I would have done this, I wish I would have done that.' I basically go out and do it.

I'm very driven, and there are lots of things I can't do.

I know my mindset. I know how hard I work at my craft.

I don't need an Emmy to tell me to go to work. I've been working.

Every single time I get on the mat, every tournament, I get to see what I'm made of, how tough I am, where my desire is, and how hard I've worked.

I'm stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go.

I stick at things, will always push myself hard, and little by little, I'll get to where I want to be.

When you present something that you have worked on to somebody else, for some reason that is the moment when you can see everything that you have done wrong. They may or may not agree, but it is more of a personal thing for me. It is that I am looking at it because you are self conscious and suddenly there is someone in the room that is seeing it for the first time.

You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.

Anything good that I have written has, at some point during its composition, left me feeling uneasy and afraid. It has seemed, for a moment at least, to put me at risk.

Next time I want to do something nice, slap me.

because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.

I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.

Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education help develop conviction about the need to change & increase your commitment. Conviction then develops into determination. Next, strong determination leads to action: a sustained effort to implement the changes. This final factor of effort is critical.

I ask myself, 'why am I so lazy?' and am too lazy to reply.

The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.