Discipline Quotes

“When you are a singer, you have to nurse yourself and make sure you don't get a cold.”

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”

“It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.”

“Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence.”

“There is something good in men that really yearns for discipline.”

“A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.”

“I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.”

“Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest. In raiding and plundering be like fire, in immovability like a mountain.”

“It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great.”

“Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.”

“Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.”

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”

“When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. I like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't.”

“You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.”

“I'm not going to revolutionise football. I'm in a system. You have to know how to respect it and to stay in place.”

“As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.”

“I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.”

“Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.”

“I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticise a teammate. Never be late.”

“Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.”

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

“For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.”

“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”