Quotes About Determination

One of the first big agencies that represented me, my point person there - this was over 10 years ago, so it's no one who I work with now or have worked with recently - but he told me that I was too ambitious.

Unless I move to a desert island with poor reception, I'll never stop speaking out!

I'm always like, 'Well, let's not rest on a critical acclaim or on a incredible review or on a great reception.'

My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail.

The only recipe is hard work, persistence, and belief.

That's how I've had success my whole life. That's the recipe for me, just locking in on the moment. But I start thinking about getting paid and all this other stuff, and my mind is not right. It makes it really tough to focus on what you've got to do.

There's no easy way to the top of anything, but it's a lot of hard work and I feel maybe I have the confidence in that recipe, or the confidence in myself.

I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.

I'll take criticism. I know that's part and parcel of football. But when it's just reckless and aggressive, I don't listen.

I think that there was a period of time - and I would reckon it was about 12 years - where I was just determined to see if I could build a career for myself.

I reckon people's attitude to us is a challenge that motivates you to show them what this band can do.

I want people to know that I'm a force to be reckoned with.

I've always felt that because I'm from Cleveland, which isn't recognised as a place for hip-hop, I needed to step it up if I wanted to make myself known.

I want to be recognised as a great fighter; and not just in England.

I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition.

'Entrepreneur 'just denotes that you recognize that you're doing things across disciplines and that you're blazing your own path.

We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission.

But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is obvious, and, two, that a great sense of freedom comes with the decision.

I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very discouraging. To make it in this business, you have to have a kind of dumb sense that you're really good. You have to believe that someone is going to recognize that.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine if you've given it your whole heart and soul.

If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.

We hadn't met anyone else as ambitious as us. We immediately recognized each other's drive.

If I were ever in a position to appear more for ROH, I would accept nothing less than to be recognized as the best - which would mean having to challenge the top dogs/champions.

Being recognized as the pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter is my ultimate dream.