I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.
Jocko WillinkMy mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.
Dwayne JohnsonSince day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
Kendrick LamarCardi B put a lot of work in.
Nipsey HussleAs a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.
Kamala HarrisI’m not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.
Haruki MurakamiThe writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
John SteinbeckWe’re just enthusiastic about what we do.
Steve JobsIf you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
Oscar WildeThe New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.
Billy GrahamI never wanted to perform and never proclaimed myself to be a performer.
Abby Lee MillerI have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
Ayrton SennaI do my job like I breathe.
Karl LagerfeldBe more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamWork is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Khalil GibranDiana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her – her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.
Beyonce KnowlesIn pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.
Bruno MarsEverybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
Kevin HartThe thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7.
Robert KiyosakiWhen you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
ConfuciusWhen I’m really interested in something, I get superfocused on that. And I can spend hours upon hours not getting tired of reading about it and still be interested to learn more about it.
Greta ThunbergThe joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.
Sunil ChhetriI do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
Henry FordA man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWorking with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.
Michelle ObamaFinancial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.
Robert KiyosakiI’m just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I’m inspired to go back in and make the music. I never take a break from my pen, because I pride myself on that.
Kendrick LamarI think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.
Gordon RamsayI try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.
Stephen CurryYou’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.
Harper LeeActors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.
Clint EastwoodI get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.
Virat KohliYou throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
Bob UeckerThe mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman’s heart.
Oscar WildeNow we’re in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change – we’re doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change – inch by inch, day by day.
Barack ObamaI like writing. I get cranky when I can’t. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.
Terry PratchettI probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.
Lando NorrisI work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.
Maya AngelouIf you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.
J. K. RowlingI just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.
Conor McGregorI wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.
Douglas AdamsWhatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.
Virat KohliWhen the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.
Narendra ModiMy job is to play quarterback, and I’m going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.
Tom BradyWe give speeches and pin ribbons onto uniforms, etch names into walls. And all that is fine, but too often, all those tributes, all those words aren’t always backed up by action. And that felt like such a stark contrast to me, because, as we all know, our military is all about action.
Michelle ObamaA person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.
Robert FrostBecause my career is so important, I think I make a lot of – I wouldn’t call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.
Tom BradyOf all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.
Friedrich NietzscheI was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
Lady GagaI’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.
Narendra ModiMy music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Bob MarleyI am in the fighting game. I don’t care about anything else. I don’t watch the news, I don’t care about politics, I don’t care about other sports. I don’t care about anything I don’t need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters.
Conor McGregorMy dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.
Jackie ChanI’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.
Tom BradyI’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.
Stephen CurryBodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Queen Elizabeth IIAll I do is work out. Oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating.
Tom BradyIt takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.
Jerry SeinfeldOur work is never over.
Kanye West