Johny Hendricks Quotes

I neglected a lot of loving relationships to pursue this ultimate goal - success.

I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year.

You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more.

When you're young, you want to do everything. You want to go out and find girls; you want to have a drink - there are a lot of things you want to do. But if you want to make it to the top, there are a lot of things you can't do.

As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.

When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.

I always knew I had to work hard.

I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don't really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

I gave everything in my career so I have no regrets at all.

I've always surrounded myself with people who are driven. You can be gorgeous, but if you don't want to work for it, nothing is not going to happen.

The holidays are important, but the path I've chosen doesn't take that into consideration. I do what I can to enjoy them, but it's one of the sacrifices of being an athlete.

When you want something bad enough, you work your butt off for it.

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

Boxing has been the most difficult thing I've ever done. The biggest challenge in my life. I was a boxer. That was hard. Everything else is pretty easy.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.