Quotes About Determination

A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.

I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.

I didn't want to be a loser, but I didn't want to fit in at the same time because I don't like just being ordinary. So it's one of those situations where I always kept my head up.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

Do not waste time idling or thinking after you have set your goals

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Do not waste your time looking for an obstacle - maybe there is none.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.

Every time you get knocked down you get up stronger.

It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.

Every time you think, you weaken the nation.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!