Quotes About Determination

When I was a kid, I was in love with one of the 'Charlie's Angels.' I told my dad, 'I'm going to marry somebody like Cheryl Ladd.' My dad said, 'You're not that good-looking, mijo. You're going to have to make a lot of money if that's what you want.' I went, 'Well, I want that, so I'm going to make money.'

I don't have a complacent dressing room, thank goodness.

All directors from the South go back home as failures... I didn't want that to happen to me. So, I became a factory, determined to produce successful goods.

I'm not worried about Gordon Hayward. I'm not worried about his future or how good a player he is. He's doing everything he can. If he doesn't become the player that he wants to be, then it won't be from a lack of trying.

People don't have to agree with me. They can say, 'My gosh, I can't believe I'm listening to this guy. I can't disagree with him more.' But at least they know that I'm going to fight for things that I believe in. And I don't need to be in formal office to do that.

Now I don't look at life where I'd say, 'Oh gosh, my life's over if I don't have films anymore.' My approach is that there's so much more for me to do.

A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants.

You've got to live and die by your decisions.

I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.

I'm a good man and a bad fighter... I've got the gladiator in me.

You've got to beat the best if you want to be the best.

I feel like I'm capable of doing anything and everything. I just got to come to work every day.

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

I've always had a thing where, if I start something, it's gotta get finished. No matter how long it takes, I've gotta see it to fruition.

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

I never have written a movie, but there are some bad movies out there. I can make one. I definitely want to get into that because that's how you, at my level, would get a lead in a movie - by writing a low budget thing for myself. So I gotta get to it.

I learned that you can accomplish so much, no matter what the limitations may be. You just gotta believe to achieve.

You gotta play every game like your last.

You gotta win; that's all I care about.

What inspired me was the love of making music and having no one around and just saying, 'I've gotta figure this out.'

When you're sitting in the basement trying to get on, you have no choice - you've gotta figure out how to make a song: 'I've gotta bang on these buttons until it sounds good.'

Baby, everything I have I've worked for and gotten myself.

I've never gotten into anything that I didn't feel I'd be successful doing.

I've gotten out of bed a lot of days for a lot less than $10,000.