Tim Finchem Quotes

There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don't think I'd have a place to stay.

I've got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started.

Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'

My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again. My dad was a no-nonsense guy. As a kid, I hated his rules, but as a man, I understand what he was teaching. He taught me you have to work hard for everything you get.

I grew up with a marine grandfather. I was never allowed to say 'can't' or 'no', and I was never allowed to back down.

Coming from a home like I did, I learned a lot about work ethic and determination.

I have brought up my kids single-handedly. So a strenuous routine is something I thrive on, not shy away from.

It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.

If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard.

I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do, and sticking with it.

My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

Whether I want to be at practice or not, I show up every day. Whether I'm healthy or I'm sick or hurt or tired, I show up every day.

Easy is not a option..No days off..Never Quit..Be Fearless..Talent you have Naturally..Skill is only developed by hours and hours of Work

You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.

What I did have, which others perhaps didn't, was a capacity for sticking at it, which really is the point, not the talent at all. You have to stick at it.

I like to read about Moses best, in th' Old Testament. He carried a hard business well through, and died when other folks were going to reap the fruits; a man must have courage to look after his life so, and think what'll come f it after he's dead and gone.

Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top.

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

I'm no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.