I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.
Arsene WengerRead
It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.
Interpretation
Preparation is essential for success, even after hard work.
This quote emphasizes the importance of proper preparation as a crucial step in achieving success. Arsene Wenger suggests that dedicating time and effort throughout the week becomes meaningless if one fails to adequately prepare for a key event, implying that hard work should always be complemented by strategic foresight and planning.
In practice
Using this quote in a sports team's locker room before a big game.
I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.
We have tried to get closer to them, but we never copied anybody, we always tried to play our football
Nobody has enough talent to live on talent alone. Even when you have talent, a life without work goes nowhere.
If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is, you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.
At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
My target is to make the players as rich as possible within the financial constraints of the club. My target is not to give them less money. I'm happy to make them rich.
The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you've done something.
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