John Catsimatidis Quotes

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

If you're not prepared, and you're not passionate, and you don't push yourself to a level of human exhaustion on every level, mentally and physically and creatively... I've seen directors who approach it casually, and they do somehow maintain better hours... but I could never be that guy. I am up and editing all night.

I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.

Many people do not know how hard I work. There are many days I work more than 18 hours.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours - and thrived on it.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

I work so hard and so many hours, and I've done that for years and years and years.

A champion is someone who sweats to exhaustion, even when no one else is watching

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.

My dad was a workaholic. I saw him work seven days a week.

I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.

I'm such a workaholic.

Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.

I never worked hard until I got to the Howard Law School and met Charlie Houston... I saw this man's dedication, his vision, his willingness to sacrifice, and I told myself, 'You either shape up or ship out.' When you are being challenged by a great human being, you know that you can't ship out.

I've come a very long way, especially from my young career. From not always being the best guy on the team to just increasing my work ethic every single year, every single summer. Just seeing the hard work pay off, I think that's what's most gratifying for me.

For my future growth, I'm going to keep working. I'm going to put everything I have in it, and I think everybody knows that that's just the type of person I am.

If you want to learn and to become somebody, you must sacrifice some things.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

What the School for the Arts taught me was a great work ethic. They showed me - not just taught me - that if you work hard, you can see the effects. They gave me that lesson, and I have used it at every stage of my life. And I am still using it now in my new role on 'The Walking Dead.'

I push myself as hard as I can every day so I can achieve my goals and so I feel I have nothing to regret later on after my career.

My dad is really the reason I have this hard work ethic. I can fully remember him leaving home at 5 o'clock in the morning and not coming back until midnight.

Success takes an investment in time, dedication, and sacrifice. This is true education. It is a process.