Quotes About Determination

I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.

You can struggle for a little while. It's going to happen. If a guy hits .200 for a while, it doesn't mean he's a .200 hitter.

I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.

That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one.

When you get one blocked and another partially blocked, you've got to see if you're hitting them low or what.

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.

You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.

Every time I am directing, I question why in God's name I'm doing it again. It's like hitting yourself in the forehead with a hammer.

When you find yourself hitting up against a wall over and over again, it's time to try a different route.

I first started out by hitting a ball against a wall when I was four.

I've always loved hitting, and even as a kid, I always hit.

Whenever you see me and I'm hitting ground ball after ground ball, you know I'm not feeling right.

Well, I thought to myself if Rey Mysterio could do it, why can I do it? So I always took up his style, even as far as hitting the second rope.

Being home-schooled, you really get to explore your hobbies, what you want to do for a living.

The main thing I learned in San Diego was I can't do this and compete with the best guys in the world if I'm just doing MMA as a hobby. It has to be my job.

My father said, 'You're not going to make it.' That took a lot of pressure from me. I took football like a hobby.

I started making Super 8-mm films when I was about six years old and just never stopped. It was always just a hobby, but it's one of the few hobbies that can actually become a career. You know what? I think it was my plan from when I was six that this is what I was going to do.

For me, acting is not a hobby. It is a career that I have chosen and was not willing to let go of so easily after seven years of hard work.

I was told growing up that the arts were just a hobby - that I couldn't do it as a career.

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

I've always just tried to stick with what works, and sometimes you go through funks - not only in just hockey but in general.

I went on and was still able to play some good hockey.

You don't love hockey for the scores, you love hockey for the fights, right?

I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.