Quotes About Determination

You can say this, too, but you need to start chipping away

But the implication remained: good things come to those who wait—and work, and sacrifice, and maybe even suffer.

I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

I love puzzles, challenges, the feeling that you get when you have an obstacle and go through adversity, finding the strength to go on.

Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one.

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.

In that match for Holland I asked for a big responsibility, I got it and I dealt with it. I played well, I scored goals and the team qualified for the Euro 2004 finals. It was a big night and an important moment for Holland.

I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.

It wasn't easy at all for a qualified engineer to take the decision of giving it up, leave Punjab and try to make a name in films. But I really wanted to be an actor, hence I took the decision.

I have fought back. From not being allowed to play, I have now qualified for Olympics in two events, it is satisfying. I feel proud.

In 1990 I qualified to play in the World Championships for the first time. I was ranked 125-1 to win but I knew I could do it.

It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.

In any business that you pursue, if you belong at the top, and you're perceived as having that caliber, and you do qualify, then it's something that you want to hold on to.

I think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of alcoholism, drugs, or things of that nature, I do not think those conditions qualify someone to be called disabled. I think those conditions result from personal decisions.

The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won't happen to me.

My goal is always to qualify, maybe get a couple rounds in, but now I've beaten a couple top players.

When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.

We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.

I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don't do a good job in qualifying or the race.

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.

If I could have played in the qualifying rounds for the Beijing Olympics, the result could have changed. India would have booked the Olympics berth.

In qualifying it's not enough to play well. Only winning is good enough, and that's all that counts.