George Groves Quotes

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its kind.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

I am prepared to work hard enough to win. It's basically up to me.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.

It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've had to nurture in training.

I don't try to focus on anything that doesn't affect me personally and how I go out there every single day. I'm just going to continue to work hard and focus on what I can control.

You've got to make an effort on your own. Some people don't even try.

You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

You don't have to follow what most players do by going to the top school. You can do anything at any school you're at, as long as you're focused and you work hard.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.

You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Preach in your own house and to your own company