Don't take shortcuts; if I want to be true to my beliefs, then shortcuts do not exist.
We have seen some of the greatest athletes fall because they have tried to take shortcuts. I'm not going to call any names but we talk about guys that was like at the top of their game that people just idolized. They looked in awe and all of a sudden you see them just come tumbling down because they want to take shortcuts. I think it's more rewarding when you do it the old fashioned way.
I didn't have any money. I used to try to take out people's trash and sweep the floor to make ends meet.
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.
If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet.
There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.
Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by.
I refuse to take shortcuts.
There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
I always tell people that this is a really simple deal: Work hard. If you work hard, follow what's required and set your priorities right, then you can really perform without taking shortcuts. If you're taking shortcuts, you can't be free.
If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
I didn't take any shortcuts for my success, that's for sure.
I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someone's yard on the way home from school, I would go to the end of the block and turn.
The guys who take shortcuts, who aren't ready, they fail when their opportunity comes