Adrian Lewis Quotes

To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.

Listen, you can't just come in to boxing and be a world champion. You've got to be born with it.

I've been working to be a pro since I was 11 years old.

You have to do more than the coaches ask you, or you'll never be a great player in this league.

There are a lot of hours and a lot of sacrifices you have to make to achieve your dreams as a tennis player.

I know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the NBA. The secret is there is no secret. It's just boring old habits.

I learned you're going to have to start from the ground up, and honestly, it starts with hard work, hard work in the offseason, and no shortcuts really.

Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.

Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf.

I always put my boxing first.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.