Ann Reinking Quotes

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

I try to stay focused.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

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

It takes a lot of hard work to stay committed and focus on what I wanted to achieve.

The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

Discipline is doing what you really don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

Discipline is remembering what you want.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.

The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.

Self-discipline is what separates the winners and the losers.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.