Quotes About Determination

Hopefully, whenever I play more, I'll be able to do well and gain more confidence.

I want to gain as much weight as possible, and I want to see what I can do with that weight once I'm all done.

Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I've often said, the public hasn't seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.

It's about gaining that confidence back in myself. Believing in myself more than others may believe.

I always thought, 'That's just the way you do it.' You work as hard as you can for as long as you can, and the small gains you make will eventually pay off.

I'm a ready-shoot-aim kind of gal.

I'm always a big-picture kind of gal. I always think in the long term, and I like to see things through from beginning to end in my head.

Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.

I've always had this dream of doing an art gallery thing, and it was just finally, 'All right, let's do it.'

I know it's a big gamble, but I want to do good films.

I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself.

I can say, 'right, I will stop this kid in round five.' If I am good enough to do that then fair enough. I don't gamble but my brothers and my friends, they did quite well off it.

I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.

I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times.

I learned that round four of a major is really not too much different than rounds one through three. I didn't keep to my game plan in the '08 U.S. Women's Open for the final round. That won't happen again!

I think about the game plan, and then I go through all the little things that are almost impossible to do. If you go through those things in your mind, you can do them.

Hollywood has never been a goal, necessarily - there was no 'Conquer America' game plan for me.

That's the game plan - I've got it written down on paper: beat everyone. And that's what I'm looking forward to doing.

As a fighter, from my fighting experience a problem for me was I never too much stick with my game plan.

I like competing. Just going out there and battling. Having a game plan and going out there and executing it.

But I'm the worst sort of gamer because I don't stick to things and I don't really care about winning. It's the same with sports and stuff like that. If it's too difficult I'll stop.

As long as there are games to play it is not over.

Going 33 games unbeaten is no coincidence.

I played in football games where you walk off the field and the scoreboard didn't end up the way you wanted. But you knew that you really did give it all. And the other team was too strong.