Quotes About Determination

There are many actors who have not been trained, but self-taught means one cannot be limited. It means you're continuously learning.

Passion and hunger are the two ingredients that I look for in first making the judgment on - whether an athlete, an assistant coach, or a horse trainer or anybody I do business with.

I'm not a celebrity trainer. I don't have my own line of DVDs, but I'm a fighter and have everything to prove.

Am I good enough to be No. 1? Sure, but who's gonna break Tiger's legs? I want to be the best. Can I? Oh, believe me, I will be trying. Hard. You grow up in Colombia, and everything is limited. Then, I come here, and you have everything. A trainer, nutritionist, coach. I'm very lucky. Many doors open, and I have a path to take.

I'm not one of those people that can suddenly start running and hire a Pilates trainer; it's just not my thing.

I was exemplifying the Olympian who took up a challenge as a sportsman, without a trainer, in a country without mountains and without snow. And, inside of two years, I was representing my country.

I really don't use a personal trainer.

When you reach a certain point I feel like you have to go outside and find your own resources and coach and trainer in order to make it to the top.

Khan claims his trainer, Freddie Roach, has made him a better fighter but Freddie isn't going to be in there with me.

I wanted to be a horse trainer against my mother's will.

You have to concentrate on yourself, to look at your own interests. You need fighting spirit. My parents, sisters and trainers helped, but I have fighting spirit.

It's part of my Special Forces training. You're taught to come up with a solutions, not look for excuses.

I made my dream come true despite all the obstacles - no money, no training, no skis, no snow.

Boot camp sucks - SEAL training sucks - but you know what? That's what makes you good.

Discipline starts every day when the first alarm clock goes off in the morning. I say 'first alarm clock' because I have three, as I was taught by one of the most feared and respected instructors in SEAL training: one electric, one battery powered, one windup.

You don't get to the top in professional sport without being hard and tough, but I do that in my way. I don't shout or scream, but I am determined and I will push harder than 99 per cent of cricketers in training.

You had to be strong in the head... training, training and training. That is the only way, even if you have big talent.

Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.

Fighting for a job - that's been my mindset every Spring Training.

With Conte, it was back-breaking both in training and in games.

I've been in training for stardom.

What the SEAL teams do, what our training does, is it chips away the outer that layer and shows you what you're capable of and not capable of.

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

I had no money, no training facilities, no snow, no ski jumps, no trainer, but I still managed to ski jump for my country - and getting there was my gold medal.