James Gandolfini Quotes

Do I think people who need a good opportunity become harder workers sometimes? Yes.

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down.

This happens to me every couple of years. I'll look at someone I respect and I'll realize that he's outworking me. It changes the way I behave for the next half decade.

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.

Let the tech firms and consulting firms build your skills, but be sure to ask yourself, 'Am I maximizing my impact?' 'Am I living up to my values?'

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

I've used my time at 'GH' to learn some discipline.

Every year, you have to keep adjusting. I'm 28; I'm not 19 anymore. You have to work harder now.

I can't point to anything that has been more responsible for my career than my training.

Do internships and work your butt off to learn as much as you can and prove yourself.

I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'

I've worked really hard in this industry and feel I've learnt a few things along the way.

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.

Since I'm a professional, every day I try to become a better player.

My life has always been about making certain I accrue the skills necessary to make my ambitions real.

I want to work as hard as I can and continue to make a career for myself.

There's a lot of people on the way up who want to take my place, so it's up to me to continue to improve.

Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.

My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

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

Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined.