Quotes About Determination

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

I was worried that my voice would struggle with talking nonstop every night, but it's been fine.

I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.

Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to have the smallest tonsure that they could get away with. A tonsure that could still be seen, but, I worried about my social life!

We were worried about that actually. The cast was thinking that they'd lose their minds. But we didn't.

When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.

Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.

Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do.

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice.

When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show.

Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, people who were 'wrong' in their own time, and think, 'Ah well.'

Age is just a number. When I started, I never worried about how long I was going to play. I had very specific goals, and that's what I really chased.

I do not fear grassy tracks. Whether there is grass or not on the wicket, I am not worried.

My whole life, I've never worried about being No. 1, because that's the guy they've got to get out of there.

As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to find my path. And it probably helped that they saw me succeeding at it, slowly but surely.

I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.

I suppose 'Worried About the Boy' was a brave choice, but only in the sense that if I didn't get it right, my career would be over before it had begun.

You can act, or you can't. I'm sure a lot of people who are serious about acting would disagree, but I'm not really worried about them.

I started my own business because my parents had no dowry for me, and I was worried. I ran it from their Martha Vineyard's summer house. I baby-sat for a 14-year-old boy all summer and was giving him time-outs, even though I was two years younger than him.

Listen, I'm a performer, and all I'm worried about is just performing and just doing... This is what makes me happy, so no matter what, I'm going to give it my best shot, and I'm going to put myself all out there and give it 100%, and whatever happens, happens.

When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

External pressure I never worried about.

When you know you can run forever on court, you're not worried that you can play three sets. I think this is really important for your confidence.

I worried so long that I would sing to empty bars my whole life. I was singing my guts out; there would be five people into it.