Quotes About Determination

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

Persistent in life? I think, yes, I am. I'm going to do something until I get it right.

I think I've shown the world I'm a fierce competitor, yes. But I've also shown them that I'm a fierce human being.

I would love to win a batting title. That would be amazing. Can I do it? Yes, I can. No doubt.

A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date.

The bosses can't read your mind, so I think women should tell them what they want out of their careers. And so I think that if you're just a good person, you work hard, you say 'yes,' and you are driven, you will eventually work your way to the top. At least, that's how it's been for me.

When I was a kid, I remember I used to hide under the bed sometimes because I didn't want to go to practice. Even when I didn't want to go to practice, it could be pouring rain outside, and I'd be like, 'Yes, no practice today,' and my mom would be there, and we were still going, and we'd have practice under the pavilion.

Having the courage to say no when all your friends are saying yes is one of the most difficult things you'll ever have to do. Doing it, however, is one of the biggest charges you can ever make to your personal battery. I call this 'won't power.'

Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me.

Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.

Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

Yes, I started by running barefoot. My feet used to slip in canvas shoes. So we put them aside and ran barefoot.

The ultimate goal for me is to be the world champion - it's all I've wanted to do since I was a kid - so when the money that comes with it is life-changing, yes, that's nice, but get The Ring magazine belt, being considered the world champion, is something money can't buy.

I don't have the privilege of choice to say, 'I want to work with you,' and the person will say, 'Yes, come on, I will write a film for you.' It doesn't happen for people like me who come from the outside.

I mean, all the record companies said no, you know, say 10 record companies, whatever. But one said yes, and it took only one to make The Go-Go's happened.

Yes, at times in front of goal a fog descends. Perhaps the speed of my feet doesn't match up with that of my mind.

Yes, I've been very low, I thought I won't survive. I thought I won't make it, not just in my career but in life too.

Nobody wants to cast me in films, yes that is true. I do not know why, but that is the reality.

You definitely get the answer 'no' more times in this business than you do 'yes.' It's what you do with those 'nos' that makes your success either great or not.

As actors, we have to say yes to everything for a really long time. You say 'Yes' to anything you can get.

Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.

Yes, I'm a real fighter. But I often ended up empty-handed.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.