Quotes About Determination

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if you believe that you are, then you're almost as good as being that.

You wanted to compete against Michael Jordan, because they were the best. You wanted to beat them. Never once in my mind, I went, 'I would love to play with him.' I was always like, 'Man, we've got to beat them.'

It's always cool to make a comeback like 45 Michael Jordan did, or like Marshawn Lynch.

One thing I can say about Michael Jordan, nothing was going to deny him to achieve what he wanted to achieve. That includes the Bulls' front office, the league, or whomever. The man just had an undeniable spirit about himself.

For all that Michael Jordan could run, jump and entertain, he is best known for one thing: He won. If you want to be a great player in this league, you have to focus on one thing - the bottom line, which is winning.

Michael Jordan was going to do whatever was ever necessary, and certainly I can say without question, he was going to achieve and stop playing whenever he wanted to stop playing.

Michael Jordan was the greatest practice player I've ever seen.

My first Asian role model was Michelle Kwan. Her beauty comes from within. She's also really beautiful on the outside. But when I first saw her ice-skate, her performance was so moving and beautiful that she just glowed.

Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.

Everything you could imagine Michelle Yeoh being, she lives up to that.

I haven't had a chance to pick where I wanted to play since 2007 when I chose to go to Michigan State.

And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.

You put a microphone in my hand on live TV, and that's just an opportunity for me to get ahead in life. That's the way I look at it.

When I first started to sing, people automatically asked what Barbi Benton was doing behind a microphone, and I'm determined to show them there is talent here.

Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

Microsoft is a much bigger company than Qualcomm - a much bigger company - and there were a few days where I thought, 'I don't know if I can do this. It's huge.' My job was to come into the company and grow new businesses, and I thought, 'I'm not sure,' but it's all worked out pretty well.

When I was 7, I started playing with a club. The only grass on the field was in the corner. There was no grass in the middle! It was just sand.

Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.

When I'm in the middle of making a movie, I have blinders on; it's all about just getting the movie out.

I think I've shown that I can get up the middle, create some separation, and catch the ball.

I came from a middle class family hence I had to struggle hard for success.

I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own. It hurts sometimes, but it's good. I'm little extreme in that sense - the middle ground is not my forte.

I didn't graduate eighth grade. I could have, but I got into too many fights in middle school.