Stephen Covey Quotes

We become what we repeatedly do.

Habits change into character.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Consistency is always the best teacher.

Pursuits become habits.

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Consistency is key in any sport and it's no different here.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

You practice how you play. I still believe that.

Your character is the harvest of your habits.

Success is hastened or delayed by one's habits.

I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing.' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.