Quotes About Determination

Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.

I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one.

Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.

First we become the best, then we'll become first.

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.

You can accomplish so much with a strong will. Just do your best, no matter what. Don't let negative thoughts creep in. Don't talk yourself out of anything.

The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.

The one that works the hardest comes out on top.

Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it.

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.

It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me.

Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact sport.

There is nothing less important in life than the score after one game of a two out of three game match.

I go out and do the best I can in each game, and I don't think about the fouls other players will commit or whether I might be injured. It only does you harm to worry about those things.

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

For a while, I think in 1994, it got to where I didn't want to practice.

If I cry, it means I'm too weak to compete in this sport. That's bull.

The hardest part was getting the window net hooked back. I didn't think I was ever going to get it hooked. I finally got it hooked. If I'd known that I wouldn't have tried to hook it.

Our players are mad, but it's good mad.

If you make it into an Olympic team, you're good; if you make it into an Olympic final, you're great; and if you win an Olympic medal you're a freak.

Even when I played sports when I was little, I played to win. Otherwise, what's the point of putting the pads on and going to practice? I don't understand.