Quotes About Determination

Growing up, I was always the small guy.

I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up.

Being sporty at heart, I've wanted to learn football since I was a child. But I never got the chance because, growing up, my family didn't have the finances for extra-curricular activities.

Growing up, I was not athletic.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

Growing up, we had to work. If you wanted anything at all that was more than basic food and shelter, you had to make your own money.

I hadn't grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.

I'm a professional, and I know what I have to do. I know where I've failed and how I've grown up.

My passion is always the same. In fact, with a new adventure, the passion always grows.

VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.

When you're fighting for something, it's always a grueling battle.

It doesn't matter if they buy me for, I don't know, £38 million or £40m - I am not guaranteed to play the games.

I would much rather pass up on some of that guaranteed money... and bet on myself and just see what happens.

There are no guarantees in the league, and the challenges will always be there.

I'm the best guard in this league, defensively, man, hands down.

There's nobody I can't guard. There's nothing. There's no ceiling.

When I played, I just wanted to guard the best player, and I didn't want him to score. That was just it, just competing. Along the way, it just kept building that I could be a great defender.

I love when people think it's going to be easy to guard me.

I'm strong enough to guard the big guys and have enough heart to lock them down.

I'm prepared to guard anyone.

I just wanted to become a better player at everything - someone who is a real tough matchup to guard.

It's hard to guard somebody like myself. It's tough.

What I hate more than sitting out is being on the floor and not being 100 percent. You know you can make this move, or guard this guy better, but something is hampering you from doing it, and in the NBA. finals I hate that more than sitting out.

It's fun down there to actually go up against a 7-footer and you know you're undersized and you know people are telling you that you can't guard this guy, you can't do that. I take it as a challenge.