Quotes About Determination

I have a rebellious nature, and being told no is almost the surest way to get me to do something.

Ofglen is a little different than the other Handmaids because she has a really rebellious spirit and she has the hope that she could escape.

I definitely don't ever plan on compromising, and if that means I'm rebellious, then so be it. I'm all for it.

I do have a rebellious spirit.

Sure, I always chose rebels to identify with - I still do - but to me a rebel isn't so much someone who breaks the law as someone who goes against the odds.

If they need me to score 30, I can go do it. If they need me to just rebound and defend, I can do that. I can play this game, just in case people forgot. You just carry that chip on your shoulder, and you go out there and do what I was put on this Earth to do.

The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.

The more times you go after it the more times you'll get the ball. So every chance I get I try to chase down the rebound.

I want it more. That's all it really is. Nobody wants to get hit every possession to get a rebound, and I want to.

I think it shows my toughness that guys feel like I can rebound. You put me in there to rebound, and I'm gonna get the job done. Anything the coach needs me to do.

Sometimes, it's the little plays that I make that can change the outcome of the game - whether it's blocking a shot or blitzing a guard or getting an offensive rebound.

I just see the ball and I go for it. It's wanting to make a winning play for the team and get a rebound.

I'll dive on loose balls. I'll get the winning rebound, hit the winning shot. I'll do whatever it takes to win a game.

When you go up for the rebound, you can't wait for the ball to come down. You have to go get the ball at the highest point. That's how it is in football. If you want to win those jump balls and those 50-50 balls, you've got to go up and get it.

I don't really pay attention to the guy I outwork for the rebound, it's really just hearing the crowd just be like, 'Ohhhhh.' They just get frustrated. That's a good feeling.

You have to stay locked in. You're so locked in on guarding your guy you figure when the ball goes up the bigs are going to get it. But the possessions not over until you get the rebound.

I'm feeling like I can stay on the floor for a while. I can run the floor. I can fight in the post with guys. I can rebound.

I get miserable when I'm not playing well and it's in everyone's interest I rebound.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.

I had been on a lot of losing teams. Always rebuilding.

That's one thing I love about Raven, is that she's always rebuilding herself to be better and stronger.

I can't help but recall my dad and mom. Depression era kids, 8th and 9th grade educations, clawed and scratched to make a living as dairy farmers their whole life. At least two drought cycles nearly took it all away. They just worked harder, longer... and they made it.

I recall the hard work that my family went through just to continue to live the lifestyle that we were living, which wasn't by any means a great lifestyle.