Ross Barkley Quotes

Look at all the magazines: There's always 10 ways to be better at something.

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.

I think one thing I've always focused on is getting better instead of getting somewhere.

Being the best is:applying yourself to your potential, putting out the best version of yourself.

I'm here in the present, and I want to make sure I don't stumble on my own feet.

That's the state of mind I have - I always want to be better.

I don't think I can be perfect, but I think I can be close to perfect if I continue to prepare and continue to do everything in my power to be the best version of myself.

Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.

What I try to do is to look ahead of me and not look back. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing, I'm just focused on trying to get better.

A lot of times,, you are not going to fit in; a lot of times you are going to have to skip those parties to get to where you want to be.

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.

We don't drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn't divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do.

Resolutions are a wonderful thing if we can keep them, but many resolutions go by the wayside because we have not done anything different with our mindset.

I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.