Work hard, play hard.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
The old saying of work hard, play hard really works for me. For me it's all about focus. To get the Fire Starter Sessions digital book out it was about three months of intense focus. I let my friends know that I probably wouldn't be hanging out of returning their phone calls. It wasn't about doing the dishes, I ordered a lot of pizza, and I just completely put myself in the creative bubble.
I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.
I think that since I've had the baby, who's almost two, it's a work-hard-play-hard. Imake a lot of lists, I'm very scheduled, which is hard sometimes, but it keeps me organized - I know Now I can play or Now I've got to work.
Life balance is a myth. It's an illusion and the very pursuit of it is driving us crazy. For me it's about proportion - it's really a work hard/play hard equation.
The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishab le.
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