Quotes About Determination

There is no dishonour in losing the race," Don said. "There is only dishonour in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

One more lap, Denny! One more lap! Faster!

Get busy mother f---er!

There is no dishonor in losing the race," Don said. "There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

the race is long—to finish first, first you must finish.

Yes: the race is long-to finish first, first you must finish. ~p206

Success at any endeavor on an elite level demands selfishness.

I knew she had been right about her situation: while doctors are able to help many people, for her, they could only tell her what couldn't be done. And I knew that once they identified her disease for her, once everyone around her accepted her diagnosis and reinforced it and repeated it back to her time and again, there was no way she could stop it. The visible becomes inevitable. Your car goes where your eyes go.

I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of the rain; a racer should embrace the rain.

I'm sure my father was a terrier. Because terriers are problem solvers. They'll do what you tell them, but only if it happens to be in line with what they wanted to do anyway.

The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles.

Intention is everything.

A winner, a champion, will accept his fate. He will continue with his wheels in the dirt. He will do his best to maintain his line and gradually get himself back on the track when it is safe to do so. Yes, he loses a few places in the race. Yes, he is at a disadvantage. But he is still racing. He is still alive. The

Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.

To be able to possess a machine in such a way is the ultimate show of determination and awareness. It makes one realize that the physicality of our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

In racing, they say your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle.

Faster, the wind presses against my face as I run, faster, I feel my heart beating wildly and I bark twice to tell him, to tell everyone in the world, to say faster! I bark twice so he knows, so he remembers. What I want now is what I've always wanted. One more lap, Denny! One more lap! Faster!

No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.

Success at any endeavor on an elite level demands selfishness...Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable so we should eliminate the extraneous, proritize our desires, and accept less than the moon. But Denny refused to yield to that idea. He wanted his daughter and he wanted his racing career and he refused to give up one for the other.

a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

The race is long. To finish first, you must first finish.

A race car driver must be very selfish. It is a cold truth: even his family must came second to the race.

the race isn't over until the checker flies.

Ninguna carrera se gana en la primera curva —dijo—. Pero muchas se pierden allí.