Quotes About Determination

From my mom telling me 'no' to now telling everyone I'm the champion, and she's so proud of me, and to prove to a lot of people - who didn't believe in me, who didn't think I was going to be here - that I'm here, and I did it. It's been a roller coaster of emotions; it's amazing.

I've always been the guy that loved being scared or loved having pressure on me, because I always wanted to prove myself wrong and always wanted to prove that I could do it.

I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.

I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself.

I have found that what drives me is the desire to prove, to myself and to my peers, that I can do what I set out to do and build something that matters.

Trying times will begin when I will take up my second film as that's when people will take me more seriously. I will have to prove myself too.

It's better to not prove yourself to anyone. Rather, focus on your work and prove yourself with your work.

I have a chip on my shoulder I pet every morning, a constant feeling like I have something to prove. Hearing that the canon can't be diversified, there's no room for more brown faces - that fueled my fire.

I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

Being injured, coming back, playing a few games, trying to get your fitness back, getting injured again - you don't get a chance to prove what you can do.

I didn't have any godfather in the industry and had to prove myself with each film.

I have to prove everything on the pitch.

I am keen to prove myself as an actor.

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.

I had to prove myself to a lot of different people.

I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.

I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.

I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove.

When assumptions were made that I was going to bail out there was a little part of my brain that thought 'I am going to do to prove them wrong'. In the end that wouldn't be coming from my heart and doing what was right.