It was a very difficult 10 years of very hard work.

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

— Bela Lugosi

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

— Michael Palin

After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time.

— Paul Pierce

A lot of times people have issues with me because they don't understand where I'm coming from and haven't seen the years and years…

— Girl Talk

I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.

— Colin Hay

“But the years between now and then had been hard ones—and compassion was a soft emotion, easily eroded by circumstance.”

— Diana Gabaldon

My aspiration was to write a book that you could still read in 10 years. That's hard. Then you start doubting every sentence you write.

— Rutger Bregman

“But he was ecstatic, because the prospect of those endless years of hard labor did not seem like a burden to him. Bill Gates…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Time. There seems to be vast quantities of the stuff spooling around me in all directions, everywhere i look. Days and hours. Weeks and…

— Melissa Bank

When I look at my parents I'm like, 'This is easy. Staying together for 35 years? How hard is that?' They're like, 'Very hard.

— John Krasinski

The UFC has been so good to me over the years, and it is hard to leave this company and this sport.

— Mirko Cro Cop

...the hard work and poverty of my childhoodturned out to be my greatest asset in later years. Nothing could ever seem too hard after…

— Sue Sanders

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer…

— Werner Herzog

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

— Louis C. K

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as…

— Esther Williams