Quotes About Patience

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.

I work very hard every day not to have a lot of expectations. You just let go of the results, because a book will be on bookshelves and in libraries long after we're gone, and, in some ways, whatever happens is none of our business.

Anytime you put your mind on the results, you lose something in the moment.

Honestly, I've learned from results, period. Everything isn't a failure. Sometimes it just doesn't work. That's not a failure. Maybe it just means it wasn't its time.

Obviously, when the results aren't going your way, it's difficult to find too much joy in the matches.

I don't want to retire, because you stay retired for an awfully long time.

When I first retired from the game, I had times in my life when the days just wouldn't move.

You hear too many guys talk about retiring too soon.

I think efforts sometimes don't get rewarded.

I struggle with playing low minutes and trying to keep a rhythm. I've just never been able to do it.

Always enjoy the ride, because you don't know where it's going, but it's going to be all right.

I won't say which one, but one shot on 'Kubo' took two months to get the expression right. It's ridiculous on some level.

When you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it.

Most of my friends who got shows right away are still just doing shows, and they have no need to create.

When you're young, you want things to happen right away. And sometimes that doesn't always develop in the way you want it to. But my thing was to continue to work, in whatever element I could.

I get very agitated if I don't get something right away.

A baby is such a huge change for everyone, so acknowledge that. It's hard, and you don't have to be great at everything right away.

When you're dropping back and everything's going on, part of you wants to force it, but you have to make the right decision and not force the ball and sometimes throw it away.

I'm 62 years old, but I didn't give up on my dreams. I just feel that God heard my cry, and he put the right people in front of me.

I'll marry once I find the right person.

Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.

I believe that if you do all the right things, in time, you will get your opportunities.

Even though sometimes you don't get the minutes you want to, you've just got to continue to work hard and know that if you keep playing hard and doing the right things, then eventually things will turn your way.

Sometimes the ball is just not going to go in. That's just the reality. You got to be able to let go of the result sometimes, and just know and trust that you're doing the right things.