Connor McDavid Quotes

If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.

We work hard in the offseason, we work hard to practice to win.

If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.

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

You have to work more than your adversary.

There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

I may not be smarter, I may not be as well-known, but I know I can outwork any of them.

I love this game. When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard every day.

You want to score in every game and to fight hard.

I work hard and do everything to make sure I am in the starting line-up.

It's obvious you always have to give everything in order to succeed. That's why playing at 80 per cent isn't enough - not against a 'normal' Bundesliga team. You always have to work hard.

You have to put the extra hours in if you're not up to scratch with everyone else.

Every coach wants to win, but it's not easy to do that.

There is hard work involved, and maybe many people wouldn't like that. But for the best teams in the world who can do that without losing too many points, then it's just great.

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

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.

I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

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