Quotes About Determination

I learned in America that Americans are into results. Americans don't care where you came from, what your family did, what school you graduated from. They care about if you can deliver the results. That's what makes America the country it is.

I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.'

When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw.

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

There was a period where I was like, 'I'm gonna have to be in the closet if I want to be successful.' But then I sort of made the decision right when I graduated college that that wasn't going to be my route. Even if it took longer to get work, I at least was gonna be true to myself.

I barely graduated high school.

I'm graduating and I'm 23 years old, so I can do whatever the hell I want.

I pretty much bailed on high school. I mean, I graduated, but I wasn't even there for my own graduation.

I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.

It's hard to win Grand Slams.

My goal is to be No. 1 and to win Grand Slams.

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.

Obviously it's very hard for everybody to be successful in the Grand Slams, so that's why some of the players, they lose, and they should not lose.

For me, yeah, that's going to be my big goal to win a Masters or Grand Slams.

Especially the top players, they always try to set their own form, so to say, around the Grand Slams because that's where they want to play their best.

I was always interested in having my own money - not my family's money. I don't think it had anything to do with me being Elvis's granddaughter. None of my drive was, 'I need to get away from my family legacy!'

My father was a fighter. My grandfather was a fighter. It's just in my blood.

I grew up with a marine grandfather. I was never allowed to say 'can't' or 'no', and I was never allowed to back down.

It all comes down to money. If the money is right, I'll fight anybody, any time. I'll hit my grandma in the face if the price is right.

My grandma divorced my granddad and became a finance manager to get her own house, and my mum worked very hard to make sure we could have our own space.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

I didn't have much but my mum and grandma gave me as much as they could, but we weren't a rich family and we had to work hard for what we got.

My grandmother always used to tell me, if I had a problem, I was only allowed to complain for one second. Then I had to take action.