"Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there."

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Source : "Haile Gebrselassie shares secrets of his success". Interview with Susannah Palk, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.

Haile Gebrselassie

#Hard Work Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Once, when we were discussing a world peace project with my teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, somebody asked him, Where is all the money going to come from? And he replied without hesitation, From wherever it is at the moment.”
“I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.”
“All I wanted to be was a player.”
“If you write, good ideas must come welling up into you so that you have something to write. If good ideas do not come at once, or for a long time, do not be troubled at all. Wait for them. Put down little ideas no matter how insignificant they are. But do not feel, any more, guilty about idleness and solitude.”
“If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.”

Source : "Alain Robert: 'French Spiderman' on his death-defying stunts". Interview with Stefanie Blendis, Rosie Tomkins, Teo Kermeliotis, www.cnn.com. April 21, 2010.
“'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.”
“The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.”
“I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.”

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