Thomas Keller Quotes

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.

I'm used to practicing. I'm used to the schedule. That's kind of what I was born to do. That's what I've been doing my whole life.

Consistency is always the best teacher.

Excellence is not a single act. You are what you repeatedly do.

It’s not what you do some of the time that counts, it’s what you do all of the time that counts.

Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play.

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.

Going to the gym and looking for a specific result is a short-lived existence, as opposed to going to the gym and adopting it as a lifestyle. Develop a routine, because it's much harder to break it if you have one. If you have no routine, you have nothing to break, so discipline goes out the window.

Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.

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

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

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

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while... you don't do things right once in a while... you do them right all the time. Winning is habit.

That's a hard question, because I started skating when I was three, so I don't really remember life before it, and I don't know what it is like not to work hard at something.

Winning is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

I've trained all my life. I've always been one who enjoys training so it's not something that I think I can just stop doing. It might not be as regular but I want to keep training.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.

I always say fitness is the first step to greatness. And I try to encourage my fans to be on the same page as that. Because fitness is the first step to setting a habit that you necessarily don't want to do but are still committed to doing every single day. And so I think that's why I always, always try to get a workout in.

A lot of people mistake habit for hard work. Doing something over and over again is not working hard.