A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.
There are people who will take shortcuts, and if you decide to take a shortcut, it usually backfires, so I'm proud to say I'm not a shortcut taker.
It didn't matter if I got bitten by a dog or I ripped my pants on the fence post or I poked myself in the eye with a tree branch that I was crawling over, it was all about the shortcut. My whole life I took the shortcut, and I ended up lost.
Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.
There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.
I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?'
Sometimes life throws you a shortcut. You either take it, or you continue the way you were going.
If your best players are taking a shortcut, they're going to have problems holding everyone else accountable and responsible.
No form of liberty is worth a darn [sic] which doesn't give us the right to do wrong now and then.
I dare you to try to shortcut success! It's not going to happen! There are no shortcuts to success!