Kamasi Washington Quotes

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'

My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything.

I have a strong work ethic.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

I definitely challenge people. But hopefully, I am working harder than anybody else, and so people won't resent the fact that I want them to work hard, as well.

I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.

I have a good work ethic.

I know only one way: work hard.

Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.

I kept a chart each day so I had an idea of how many shots I took and how many I made. Looking back on it now, I can appreciate the work ethic I put forward.

I want to have the strongest work ethic.

I've got a great team around me. They keep me working hard; they keep me focused.

My leadership mentality is to outwork everybody else around me, and hopefully the guys respond well to that and work harder for themselves.

I think I have a really good work ethic.

I'm just going to do everything my coaches ask me.

I actually really enjoy work ethic.

Work ethic is probably my No. 1 value and No. 1 attribute.

I think I'm a guy who is going to come in and work hard from Day One.

Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

This happens to me every couple of years. I'll look at someone I respect and I'll realize that he's outworking me. It changes the way I behave for the next half decade.