Effort
Effort: \Ef"fort\, n. An exertion of strength or power, whether
physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less
strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object.
"The separation is in the preparation." - Russell Wilson
“Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” - Roger Staubach
“If you’re going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price than your opponent.”
- Bud Wilkinson
“You can be anything you want – if you’re willing to pay the price.” - Eddie Robinson
“Football is a form of life in which you have to work if you’re going to accomplish anything.”
- Cookie Gilchrist
“The price for victory is hard work.” - Knute Rockne
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” - George Halas
“A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.” Knute Rockne
“I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.” - Don Shula
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible. Period.” - Lou Holtz
“Good things happen to those who hustle.” - Chuck Noll
“We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?” - Bud Wilkinson
“If you don’t give that extra effort and make the sacrifices, if you don’t work hard at it, you won’t make it because the competition is too great.” - Otto Graham
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” - Vince Lombardi
“If you want to get better, work a little harder.” - Jerry Rice
“The enjoyment of playing well supersedes the drudgery.” - John Brodie
“You get out of life, and out of football, exactly what you put into it. When a person realizes this and acts accordingly, he is sure to succeed.” - Bart Starr
“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that’s give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do.” - Vince Lombardi
“Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don’t use that ability as best we can.” - George Allen
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.” - Vince Lombardi
“There are a thousand reasons for failure but not a single excuse.” - Mike Reid
“Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” - Vince Lombardi
“Team guts always beats individual greatness.” - Bob Zuppke
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” - Vince Lombardi
“You play the way your practice. Practice the right way, and you’ll play the right way.”
- Pop Warner
“Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.” - Johnny Majors
“You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.” - Bear Bryant
“Did you know that the ball is actually in play for only 12 minutes in a 60-minute football game? Why should a football player be leg weary after only 12 minutes of action? It makes me laugh.” - Pudge Heffelfinger
“Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn’t work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.” - Lou Holtz
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” - Darrell Royal
“You live up – or down – to your expectations.” - Lou Holtz
“Nobody is going to wind you up every morning and give you a pep talk. So be a self-starter.” - Lou Holtz
“A man is always better than he thinks.” - Woody Hayes
“It’s amazing how little difference there is between a winning effort and a losing effort.”
- Norm Snead
“All quiters are good losers.” - Bob Zuppke
“You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” - Mike Ditka
“Losing is easy. It’s not enjoyable, but it’s easy.” - Bud Wilkinson
“Almost all games are lost by the losers, not won by the winners.” - Robert Neyland
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all-the-time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while. You do them right all of the time.” - Vince Lombardi
“The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp.” - Paul Dietzel
“One big play can win a football game. No one knows when the big play is coming up, therefore every player must go all out on every play.” - Vince Lombardi
“When you win, nothing hurts.” - Joe Namath
“Who’s interested in a loser’s alibi? Nobody.” - Art Rooney
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” - Vince Lombardi
“I do the very best I know how, the best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Giving myself wholeheartedly to workouts was no guarantee of success in the win-loss column. It did, however, rule out laziness and bad work habits as excuses.” - Orel Hershiser
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. So, it doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be ready.”
“Easy street is always a road to defeat.”
“Always do more than is required of you.” - General George S. Patton
“Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.” - Joe DiMaggio
“It doesn’t take any talent to hustle.”
“I want to be remembered as a player who gave all he had to give.” Roberto Clemente
“I worked hard. I tried to take care of my body. I wanted to never look back and say that I could have done more.” - Carl Yastrzemski
“Most of your tomorrows depend upon today.” - Andy Lopez
“No one can be truly successful by doing only what is required of them. Reaching a little higher is the amount of effort over and above the required that determines true excellence.” - Skip Bertman
“Play every game as hard as you can, as aggressively as you can. Make that second effort on every play. You can’t worry about the next play or tomorrow because you don’t know what they may bring.” - Ty Cobb
“People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others have idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair.” - Grenville Kleiser
“Practice the game the way you’re going to play the game. Practice hard, play hard, and run hard. Above all else, hustle every moment you’re on the field whether it’s practice or a game.” - Pete Rose
“The depth of your commitment will be reflected in the quality of your performance.”
“The one thing that players can most easily control that leads to successful performance are their work habits.” - Jack Stallings
“There is nothing owed to you.” - Bill Veeck
“The trouble with most players is that they would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
“To get the most out of your ability, always work on your weaknesses.” - Joe Morgan
“What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put into the hours.”
“Work! Work! Work! When you’re tired, work some more. It is a matter of will. A player must have the will to get better every day.” - Gordie Gillespie
“You’re either getting better, or you’re getting worse.”
“You don’t break a bad habit by sitting back and hoping it will change. You get your nose down in there and work at changing.” - Todd Worrell
“You’d be surprised how many shortcomings you overcome by hustle.” - Pete Rose
“You will never correct what you are unwilling to confront.”
"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."
"The separation is in the preparation." - Russell Wilson
“Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” - Roger Staubach
“If you’re going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price than your opponent.”
- Bud Wilkinson
“You can be anything you want – if you’re willing to pay the price.” - Eddie Robinson
“Football is a form of life in which you have to work if you’re going to accomplish anything.”
- Cookie Gilchrist
“The price for victory is hard work.” - Knute Rockne
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” - George Halas
“A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.” Knute Rockne
“I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.” - Don Shula
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible. Period.” - Lou Holtz
“Good things happen to those who hustle.” - Chuck Noll
“We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?” - Bud Wilkinson
“If you don’t give that extra effort and make the sacrifices, if you don’t work hard at it, you won’t make it because the competition is too great.” - Otto Graham
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” - Vince Lombardi
“If you want to get better, work a little harder.” - Jerry Rice
“The enjoyment of playing well supersedes the drudgery.” - John Brodie
“You get out of life, and out of football, exactly what you put into it. When a person realizes this and acts accordingly, he is sure to succeed.” - Bart Starr
“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that’s give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do.” - Vince Lombardi
“Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don’t use that ability as best we can.” - George Allen
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.” - Vince Lombardi
“There are a thousand reasons for failure but not a single excuse.” - Mike Reid
“Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” - Vince Lombardi
“Team guts always beats individual greatness.” - Bob Zuppke
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” - Vince Lombardi
“You play the way your practice. Practice the right way, and you’ll play the right way.”
- Pop Warner
“Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.” - Johnny Majors
“You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.” - Bear Bryant
“Did you know that the ball is actually in play for only 12 minutes in a 60-minute football game? Why should a football player be leg weary after only 12 minutes of action? It makes me laugh.” - Pudge Heffelfinger
“Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn’t work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.” - Lou Holtz
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” - Darrell Royal
“You live up – or down – to your expectations.” - Lou Holtz
“Nobody is going to wind you up every morning and give you a pep talk. So be a self-starter.” - Lou Holtz
“A man is always better than he thinks.” - Woody Hayes
“It’s amazing how little difference there is between a winning effort and a losing effort.”
- Norm Snead
“All quiters are good losers.” - Bob Zuppke
“You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” - Mike Ditka
“Losing is easy. It’s not enjoyable, but it’s easy.” - Bud Wilkinson
“Almost all games are lost by the losers, not won by the winners.” - Robert Neyland
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all-the-time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while. You do them right all of the time.” - Vince Lombardi
“The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp.” - Paul Dietzel
“One big play can win a football game. No one knows when the big play is coming up, therefore every player must go all out on every play.” - Vince Lombardi
“When you win, nothing hurts.” - Joe Namath
“Who’s interested in a loser’s alibi? Nobody.” - Art Rooney
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” - Vince Lombardi
“I do the very best I know how, the best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Giving myself wholeheartedly to workouts was no guarantee of success in the win-loss column. It did, however, rule out laziness and bad work habits as excuses.” - Orel Hershiser
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. So, it doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be ready.”
“Easy street is always a road to defeat.”
“Always do more than is required of you.” - General George S. Patton
“Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.” - Joe DiMaggio
“It doesn’t take any talent to hustle.”
“I want to be remembered as a player who gave all he had to give.” Roberto Clemente
“I worked hard. I tried to take care of my body. I wanted to never look back and say that I could have done more.” - Carl Yastrzemski
“Most of your tomorrows depend upon today.” - Andy Lopez
“No one can be truly successful by doing only what is required of them. Reaching a little higher is the amount of effort over and above the required that determines true excellence.” - Skip Bertman
“Play every game as hard as you can, as aggressively as you can. Make that second effort on every play. You can’t worry about the next play or tomorrow because you don’t know what they may bring.” - Ty Cobb
“People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others have idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair.” - Grenville Kleiser
“Practice the game the way you’re going to play the game. Practice hard, play hard, and run hard. Above all else, hustle every moment you’re on the field whether it’s practice or a game.” - Pete Rose
“The depth of your commitment will be reflected in the quality of your performance.”
“The one thing that players can most easily control that leads to successful performance are their work habits.” - Jack Stallings
“There is nothing owed to you.” - Bill Veeck
“The trouble with most players is that they would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
“To get the most out of your ability, always work on your weaknesses.” - Joe Morgan
“What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put into the hours.”
“Work! Work! Work! When you’re tired, work some more. It is a matter of will. A player must have the will to get better every day.” - Gordie Gillespie
“You’re either getting better, or you’re getting worse.”
“You don’t break a bad habit by sitting back and hoping it will change. You get your nose down in there and work at changing.” - Todd Worrell
“You’d be surprised how many shortcomings you overcome by hustle.” - Pete Rose
“You will never correct what you are unwilling to confront.”
"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."