Quotes About Determination

To succeed in life you need three things; a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

To succeed in life you need three things: A back bone; A wish bone; A funny bone.

A little gift from her mother who made Linda what she was –a damn survivor.

I don't know why, but whenever I'd look at Amber, all determined and long-legged, I'd imagine her climbing out of a car wreck while the slow, sluggish passengers burned inside.

If you don't exert yourself, or if your exertions don't amount to much of anything, then you might as well not have bothered to have shown up for your existence at all.

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.

I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.

My goal was to be a good player in this league. Got my butt up out of bed and got to the gym.

I busted my butt all my life building companies.

I don't want to bust my butt for the rest of my life, like my parents.

I'm going to take full advantage of whatever time I've got on this earth. I'm going to get my money's worth. You can bet your butt on that.

I've been nothing several times. But it's my faith in myself and in my father that comes back to me and makes me get back up off my butt and be something worth being proud of.

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

I gave up my bread and butter to be an actress.

I didn't want to learn the butterfly because it's hard. I got it right away, but I didn't want to do it.

As athletes, when you find something that gets to someone you have to press their buttons.

I am the best sports entertainer in the world. I always hear, 'Sports entertainer? You're a sell-out!' Call me a sell-out if you want. I'm buying in. This is my brand. NXT is mine.

By the time I was 12, I had decided to be an artist.

I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.

By the time I got someone to take my head shot, I'd been acting for nine years!

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

I worked at Little Caesar's for about two days, bro. I was out. That's the only job I've ever had.

When I was 15 years old, I watched Royce Gracie in the cage, and I thought I'd like to do the same thing.

Luke Cage is a beast, man. You can't take that guy down no matter what.