Haile Gebrselassie Quotes

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

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

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

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

Winning is not easy. There's an investment that has to be made night in and night out.

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

You always have to get your head down, work hard and things fall into place.

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

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

Persevere and get it done.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

You have to work hard at things.

Most achievers I know are people who have made a strong and deep dedication to pursuing a particular goal. That dedication took a tremendous amount of effort.

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

I believe in hard work. I think that everything flows out of that.

Nothing comes without hard work. I've been taught that by many people growing up.

The bottom line is, you really have to commit to something if you're going to be successful in it.