Serge Ibaka Quotes

The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but I do not work every day. I could laze for a day or two, but I wouldn't do it for three.

I know what it takes to make myself perform.

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

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

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

I have always worked long hours and very hard. It is the way I am. Same as always. Up about seven and get to bed about 12 to 1, something like that.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

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.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

Do the day's work.

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels.

I know only one way: work hard.

One thing I was taught growing up is it's only pressure when you're not prepared. And you're just not working hard. Those are two things I do all the time.

I want to have the strongest work ethic.

I just push myself to work hard.

I can control how much work I put in for me to be consistent.

In order to get to where I want to be, I have to do the right things off the field, first.

Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.

I gave up tennis to study, but not before it had shown me how to focus and concentrate. It taught me self-discipline: I was playing four or five hours a day and doing five-mile runs. When I stopped, my energy had to be channelled into something else.

Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.