Quotes About Determination

Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe there are many children for whom parental involvement is key.

If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well.

The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.

What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.

I'm a Weeble. Remember Weebles? The toy whose tagline was, 'Weebles wobble but they don't fall down?' I'm resilient. Oh, and I work really hard.

We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves.

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!

But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is.

Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?

'No fear' is a mindset that I stand for. It's the reason why I've got to where I am today.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

Before I play matches I'm always switching myself on. That's why I have that walk-on music - Two Steps From Hell - they produce really good motivational gladiator-style music. As soon as that music comes on I'm switched on and I'm ready for a brawl!

Why go through life if you're not going to challenge yourself?

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don't succeed, I feel good about the effort.

You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.

You can make a million excuses for why something didn't go well, but ultimately, just fix it and get on with it. Be a solutions person.

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.