Stephen Gostkowski Quotes

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.

Succeeding in life is a difficult business - you need to work 16 hours a day, face failures along the way, remember that nobody owes you a thing, and take risks.

To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.

Nothing makes you try harder than to be told that you are not good enough or that you simply do not have the skills.

I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

Throughout COVID, I just consistently grinded at my craft. I didn't let COVID get in the way of my goal and the goal is to be the best me that I can be for the team.

My goal is always to get better every day. No one will ever outwork me. That's how it will always be for me. That will never change.

I wasn't given a scholarship out of high school, and that allowed me to learn what hard work was early on.

I never quit. The times when I have quit in the past because I couldn't face trying harder have stayed with me, and the guilt is not worth it.

There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself, and two, that I've done the work.

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

I get up every day and work, regardless of if I have a job or not.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.