Quotes About Determination

Success doesn't find you when you're alone in your house.

I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that!

We were in an atmosphere in the household that you could accomplish anything you set your mind to. If you were willing to put in the hard work, nothing was beyond your grasp.

It was a competitive household. If I wanted to win at something, I had to work for it. It made me understand I could do anything I put my mind to.

I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn't quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook.

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

I'll always build houses.

My family were so poor. My mum would clean houses to maybe get me to a ballet class, bless her.

I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.

My mother raised two children on a housing estate, in a place where people said once you got on, you never got off. And she believed in me. So when people tell you that you can't, you can.

Nobody believed in us. Everybody made fun of Houston basketball. I can't say I blamed 'em.

I think my failures in Houston is what made me who I am. I think it's given me that drive, that drive to keep working, because you never know what can happen type deal.

You don't know how far you can go until you push it.

I am not an adventurer or a writer, I am a person who thinks life is too short and if there is something you fancy doing you should have a go and see how far you get.

I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.

I want to see how far I can go with my body. I always tell myself that I will be fit, but it never happens.

I just go out there and fight for every point, and then we see how far I can go.

The way I analyze a script, I don't look at how many days I have off. I see how far they're going to push me. That's just the way I am.

I don't like to use the word 'legacy' because it sounds a bit like I'm full of myself, but I am trying to see how far I can take myself, how far I can push being the best in the world.

I look at myself in NXT, and then I look at how far I've come on the main roster. I just think in my mind if I keep working as hard as I do and keep giving it my all that I will continue to get better.

I don't know how far, I don't know where I'm going to be or where I'm going to go, but I know this - if a team comes to grab me, I know they're going to get a special player, and I'm ready to show them what I can do and make sure I can contribute.

As a manager, it's the same as a player: I want to see how far I can get.

I want to play my best tennis and see how far I can go.

I'm in this sport to test myself. I want to see how far I can take this thing.