Bob Stoops Quotes

It's my only religion to work hard, and then I'm not under any pressure because I know I've done the work on the character.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

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.

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

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

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.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

Do the day's work.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

That's something I pride myself on, playing every single game.

I'm very focused and working really hard in training every day.

Every day, you have to put in the hard work.

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

Not everything is going to be handed to you just because you're talented with a big smile. Sometimes you just gotta get out and shoot jumpers for hours and hours and hours. That's something I didn't really get a grasp on until way later, waking up early and treating it like a job if you're serious about it. Get the freak up and, you know, work.

I keep my feet on the ground, working every day and trying to do my best.

My approach to parenting is the same as my approach to life: it's all about putting in the hours and working hard.

It gets hard no matter what it is you're doing - school, work - the only way you're going to do it is if you stay consistent and focused.

I think I have a really good work ethic.