Lonzo Ball Quotes

The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

I was surprised at the level of commitment that Andrew Lincoln has. The extreme situations that he's asked to perform - that's got to be seriously draining, and he keeps going and going. He's almost not human.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these faithful couriers from the swift accomplishment of their appointed rounds.

The difference between mediocre, good and great is you're able to have the enthusiasm for prep, to work to prepare to win the same in January that you do in August, when everybody says they're excited.

It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've got to prepare the same.

Regardless of what happened off the field, that doesn't change what I do on the field and my performance.

I stay in character at all times regardless of whoever's playing well, the team isn't playing well. if we're up or down, I'm going to stay in character.

It is no good being good in halves of games or in one game and not in the next one.

Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.

When you are professional and working in a club like Everton, the obligation is to be motivated, to be focused.

The biggest thing for me is I want to be consistent.

I want to be that consistent all year. I want to play the same way all 82 games. I want to be consistent every night.

I just try to bring it every night in whatever way I can.

It's difficult to compete if you are not consistent.

Contract year or not a contract year, I'm playing the exact same way and focused on the exact same things.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Never quit. Never give up.

There's one thing that I've liked over the years when I've promoted bodybuilding and fitness and my movies and politics and issues and so on is to stay focused.

Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.