Quotes on Maximum Effort

Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.