Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers.
I always tell my dad he was training me to be a pro before he even knew it.
Anytime you're rewarded for the success you have, you're going to be happy because you put the body of work in. A lot of hard work. A lot of training. A lot of things you do behind the scenes.
Fighting for a job - that's been my mindset every Spring Training.
I give everything when I'm on the pitch. When I'm at the training ground, working in the gym or whatever, I always give everything I've got.
The worst position you are in is when you are on the medical bed, and you can't get out on that training pitch.
Being a midfielder, I need to get up and down, whether it's to get back and defend or get away from my opposite number. Extra effort in training makes all the difference.
I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there's severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us.
As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away from the team. It's exciting for me. I felt like I've been really getting better as far as my conditioning every single season as I get older.
In any business, there are facilities that excel at what they do and others that need improvement and further training.
