Bob Greene Quotes

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

You do have to put in a lot time to get good at anything and than includes cartoons. So I think it's true of art and everything else.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.

I started juggling a long time ago, but long before that, I was a golfer, and that's what I was: a golfer. And as a golfer and as a kid, one of the things that really sort of seeped into my pores, that I sort of lived my whole life, is process. And it's the process of learning things.

The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.

Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

The very essence of success is practice.

Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.

It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don't really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

I practice a lot.

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery.