I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college. Jamie Moyer
I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there. Payne Stewart
I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar. Bob Richards
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win. Arnold Palmer
I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable. Joshua Ferris
I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed. Chris Webber
If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit. Branch Rickey
If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in. Alonzo Mourning
If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by the dirt on your uniform, mine would have been black. Mike Schmidt
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone. Bryant H.McGill
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.Thomas Alva Edison
It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down. Jack Johnson
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. Mark Twain
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. Mahatma Gandhi
My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform. Jason Babin
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. Epictetus
Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach
Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor. Meg Cabot