Andre Drummond Quotes

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

Jack Nicholson didn't get anything until he was in his thirties. You have to persevere and put yourself in positions, and sooner or later, you will break through.

I'm a great believer that if you knock on enough doors and stay at the level maybe an opportunity comes.

I took opportunities and made it work because I worked harder than everybody else. That's really where 'Stay Hyped' came from, that's my mantra because it's about always being up and being ready to go. That's what I've always had to do.

Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but it does enhance its chances.

You never know when the break is going to come, so you have to keep plugging away.

If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there.

At Tottenham, it took two years for me to try to break in there. I knew my opportunity would come - it was just about being patient and working hard on the training pitch - and it did.

Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!

I think there's lots of people with family connections but who are actually nowhere. If you're hard-working and determined, you will make it, and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.

Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have.

Everything good takes a great amount of effort. Like, things went wrong with 'Prozac Nation' so much, and it went through so many rejections and incarnations, but I felt so much that it needed to exist. But if I hadn't been so persistent and insistent, it wouldn't have happened.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

Strike and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

Sticking with your craft goes a long way in ensuring that you'll be successful.

Persistence pays off.

Get your work in. Work hard at it. Give it your best effort. And if you get an opportunity, be ready for it. That's respect for the game.

The harder you work, the luckier you get. I'm a big believer in that.