Quotes About Determination

I kind of hid acting from my dad because I knew what he thought about acting at the time. His advice was "Don't do it," basically.

My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could. When I was 15 or 16 I did drama courses.

Anyone who works in the arts knows, if you're writing a novel or a play or anything, you have to be ready for someone to say, 'Your time is up.'

I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer.

The Little Drummer Boy was playing in the background for what seemed like the third time in a row. I fought off an urge to beat that Little Drummer Boy senseless with his own drumsticks.

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.

Jerry Seinfeld, he was doing Letterman show all the time, so he kind of had an excuse, that people know the jokes already. He didn't have time to do stand-up. A guy like me, I have no excuses.

Be more ambitious. Don't bunt. When you get a job to do a story or an ad, try and hit the ball out of the park every time

I knew that the stronger that I was, the faster I was going to swim, and thats all I had in my mind at the time, was I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the first time I said it out loud in front of somebody other than my parents.

The era of empty talk is over. Now is the time for action.

I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. I'm taking it one game at a time.

When you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week or a month from now -- just think about one day at a time.

I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.

Don't waste time blaming yourself when you can spend time planning how to destroy our enemies.

It took a long time for me to walk. I was falling down all the time. But I ended up being one of the dangerous men, who broke so many people's noses, which is bad.

Make time, not excuses.

All we can do is try, do our best. Give as much time as we have to give, one day at a time. One breath at a time

It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out.

Rydstrom: "To get it right this time."

Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest of all time!' It's the same mentality in sports.

Because time isn't something that always proceeds at the same pace. It is we who determine how quickly time passes.

Complaints are vain; we will try to. do better another time. To-morrow and to-morrow. A few designs and a few failures, and the time of designing is past.