Quotes About Determination

My parents tried so hard to do what they could to keep us in school, but school didn't last but four months out of the year and most of the time we didn't have clothes to wear.

All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.

I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

I'm frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never!

What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.

You shouldn't give up. For a while, you have to stay close to the wall and be careful who you spend time with and take care of yourself.

Courage is a self-inflicted quality that gains momentum every time you try it.

Keep walking the walk, one step at a time.

I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.

Dedication means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand.

I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

Containment is a strategy for losers! But as General George S. Patton famously observed, Americans play to win all the time. Americans don't play to lose.

Since time out of mind, a considered act of heroism has been the cure for stultifying ambivalence.

How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.

I went at each race like there was a gold medal at stake. It wasn't like I ran one hard, then slacked off the next. Every time was my best effort. I didn't know how to go at it any other way.

I'm one of those people who really wants to do everything. And if I had enough time, I really would.

For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out on the streets if I didn't sell enough paintings.

Now's the time to take a chance, come on we've gotta make a stand. What do we have to lose the choice is in our hands.

Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for.

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

Passion and hard work makes a great player, but the courage to get up every time you fall is what makes a champion.

I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You don't have to do them all at once.

I want to be the best leadoff hitter of our time.

How the hell would she support herself and her mother if Agua Dulce's new owner built one of those mega service stations right next door? Or worse yet, right on top of them.