The Undertaker Quotes

When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.

I've been in the game for 30 years and I came to represent.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

I been in this game a long time.

I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don't go from M to Z.

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.

You're never going to get from the industry what you give to it. But it's worth it; you just have to be realistic.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody good.' I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that's kind of bridged the decades.

The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

Sinatra's endurance has become a rallying point for many people who feel that their sacrifices and hard work are no longer honored.

You have to prove that you know what you're doing. You have to have longevity. You have to stay around.

It takes longevity to earn respect.

Doing as much as you can for as long as you can - that's the motto.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

If you're looking for longevity, you have to be a hard worker.

I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.

I'm just a hard worker, and I think that you don't need to have age to be a hard worker.

I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly.