Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it’s a choice.
I want to be a dominant pass rusher. I think I can do that with my body type and my work ethic.
In the neighborhood where my studio is, in South Central Los Angeles, there are a lot of immigrant-owned businesses. I’m constantly amazed at the level of work they do. It’s above anything. For me, I think I pattern myself on that work ethic.
I’ve always been a little kid compared to the guys I’ve competed against in terms of body development. I’ve always looked a lot younger, so naturally my body got a bit bigger and stronger. I combined that with a good work ethic, good mindset and focus.
I think there are more Australians making it in Hollywood… we have a fantastic reputation for having a great work ethic.
My work ethic I learned at Miami High, and I have taken that with me.
I believe Americans have a strong work ethic.
I was a fan of Meghan’s before she met our gorgeous Prince Harry. I loved her in Suits,’ I admired her work ethic and her charity work, and I think she is such a breath of fresh air.
There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you’ve got the chemistry for a lot of industry.
Capital was always the struggle. I always had these amazing visions. Had this amazing work ethic. Had this amazing work partner in my wife. But I was always struggling for capital. I owe a lot to local banks who were willing to take chances on Jo and I early in our career.
I got a lot of the greatest values in life from playing sports, from playing football – teamwork, sportsmanship, my work ethic, resiliency, dedication – I got it all by being on a team.
I think that my humble beginnings were very deliberate, and I’m grateful for them because I’m not sure I would see my achievements the same way if they were handed to me. I’m not sure my work ethic would be the same.
I grew up watching my parents work in the fields. That’s where I get my work ethic from, because I saw them work hard my whole life.
What I look for are guys that work hard, have a great work ethic and embrace that underdog mentality a little bit. And certainly there is no substitute for toughness.
The Warriors have an old-school work ethic.
Marlon Brando was the major influence in my life, though I never met him. And my father – we didn’t get along, but he was an influence in terms of honesty and work ethic. That’s the greatest compliment I could pay him.
Sometimes you’re not blessed with the materialistic stuff but you’re blessed with a work ethic.
There’s a lot that’s out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.
I think I’m just an OK quarterback. But I feel like I can throw the ball pretty well, and I feel like my work ethic separates me.
I was blessed by my parents and my antecedents by a very strong work ethic. I mean, being a Member of Parliament is 24/7, just as much as when you’re actually doing a play. It’s not quite 24/7, but it’s the work that counts.
I think the biggest lesson that I take from ‘Avatar’ on any set that I go to is just work ethic. Working with Jim Cameron, you’re used to working very, very long days and you’re very meticulous about details. He’s very, very picky about little details, little character-isms and things.
My father grew up with no money. He was raised in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the U.S. My mother helped him sew labels into his ties. My life has been very comfortable, sure, but they instilled into us the importance of the work ethic.
My work ethic is crazy. I’m a producer, an artist, and a video director.
For a really relaxing time, you want to go to a place where the work ethic hasn’t taken hold, where the culture hasn’t been taken over by the western values of constant striving.
Experience wise you’ve got to give it to the Bella Twins but in terms of just overall effort, athleticism, and just work ethic, the Funkadactyles are there with them.
I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed – but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don’t see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can’t even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on?
In the end, there’s something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.
I’m overly confident. I believe in myself 100 percent. I believe in my game, and I believe in my work ethic.
What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake’s got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.
I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn’t look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.
And as far as being a leader, I’ve always kind of been a bit of a quiet leader for the most part and tend to just lead by work ethic and example and those types of things and just be a good teammate and try to love everyone the same way.
I could have played in the NBA. I would have put up 1,000 jump shots a day. I’ve got that type of work ethic.
Americans want to work. We want to take care of our families. It’s in our DNA, the American work ethic.
I think I have a really good work ethic.
Our daily work ethic – that need to always do better and top our last performance – is what makes USWNT football players who we are.
I can’t tell you exactly why my work ethic is the way that it is, but I know that I will always work harder than anyone else I know.
A lot of my success, and a lot of who I am now, is because of my dad, and the way he raised me and taught me how to have a work ethic.
It doesn’t matter how many sit-ups you do, your work ethic. I know when I land that punch, and I’m on balance, they’re going to feel it regardless of how strong their core is.
South Dakota, like a lot of rural states, small states, there are small cities with a very big work ethic, very common sense approach. That has certainly shaped me.
My work ethic is don’t stop until you reach the top pretty much and I put in dedication every single day of my life, I’m glad it’s paying off.
I have gotten disturbed at… some of the Democrats’ anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it’s very counter-productive.
My tunnel vision work ethic is very hard to come by, I believe. I have had an unwavering faith in myself and my career for as long as I can remember.
If it’s one thing my parents did right, it was teaching me to have a good work ethic, and I plan on doing the same with my kids!
I can only control myself, my actions, my work ethic, and my attitude.
To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, ‘How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?’ The honest answer is, I don’t know.
‘Power’ is a beast to produce. Everyone behind the scenes brings a thoughtfulness and dauntless work ethic day in and day out.
By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I had accumulated more accomplishments and gained a reputation for having a great work ethic.
There are a lot more famous fathers out there than me with daughters who wouldn’t mind singing careers… but the talent and the work ethic have to be on point. Kayla’s blessed to have all that.
Work ethic starts where everyone understands that you’re putting that extra foot forward in order to be the best.
One thing I did inject was a different work ethic: Guys, no, we don’t rehearse once or twice a month, we rehearse every day after work and on weekends, and that’s how we’re gonna get better. And everybody adopted that work ethic, and it did pay off.
I think it’s most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.
Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great if you can instill in children the ability to not give up, to have a work ethic.
I have a work ethic. If I say I’m going to do something, I do it.
There’s something about that puritanical narrative of progress and upward mobility and work ethic that the glorification of abstinence fits pretty neatly into. That pairs with the fact that 12-step recovery has had too large a monopoly on how treatment is understood in America.
Luckily enough for me I reached a level in the game where no one questioned my work ethic or my ability and then I was like, I don’t care. Every off-season I might do a scene in a TV show or something just to keep that going.
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I’m a big shoe girl.
I’ve always had a great work ethic, even when I was washing dishes.
From my coaches we’ve learned that you need to have a different work ethic to be different.
