I want to thank my mom, Brenda Rose. My heart, the reason I play the way I play, just everything. Just knowing the days I don't feel right, going to practice, having a hard time, I think about her when she had to wake me up, go to work and make sure I was all right. Those were hard days. Derrick Rose
I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that. Terrell Owens
I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it. Taylor Caldwell
I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again. Aly Raisman
I wasn't a rebel. It kind of clicked in my head, like, if I want to do this, I can go out and do it. Some kids, it clicks for them, and it doesn't work out. But thank God for me it did work out. I put in all those hard hours of work, and it has gotten me to where I am. Robert Griffin iii
I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday. Tim Tebow
I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed. Roger Clemens
I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape. Dwight Howard
I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission. Michael Johnson
I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage. Joe Theismann
I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing but Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Chester Himes. I developed such a love for this kind of writing. Megan Abbott
I'm 53, and it's hard to get to the gym every day. If I know on Friday I'm going to be wrestling, then I don't want to look bad, so it gives me motivation. Plus, once you're in motion, it's a lot easier to stay in motion. Kevin Nash
I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom. Michael Chang
I'm an incredibly hard worker, I'm incredibly tenacious, and I'm incredibly detail-oriented. David Brock
I'm glad I don't have to make a living farming. Too much hard work. Too many variables you don't have control over, like, is it going to rain? All I can say is, god bless the real farmers out there. Fuzzy Zoeller
I'm going to go out there and work hard. I'm going to get better, I'm going to learn from my mistakes and I'm going to be there when my team needs me. Brian Griese
I'm in great shape, back-in-my-football-days shape. I've worked hard to get to this point. Brain Jordan
I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect. Shabazz Muhammad