Quotes About Determination

I started out as someone who could not run a mile straight. I called myself a 'run/walker.'

I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.

Sometimes walking to the end of the street with my prosthetics feels like running a mile.

I think I could make a 1,000 mile race. But I would definitely have to take pre-race precautions to make sure I could make it that far.

You got to be able to work hard. And that's what I do. I work hard, because that's what's necessary. You have to go that extra mile.

At 14, I was the most disciplined guy around. I would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run five miles, and then go to school. Sometimes I would run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was just crazy. I knew what I wanted.

Cameron called me a dinosaur you know? Well I'm the only dinosaur who can ride a bike 12 miles a day.

Running 26 miles is a feat that demands respect, no matter how long it takes.

Over the years, I've covered 22,000 miles.

I wanted to go and I wanted to drive the miles for no pay, I wanted to set up the rings, I wanted to set up the chairs, I wanted to go to training six-seven days a week for hours upon hours and blow myself up to where I can only work on instinct. I wanted to sleep in my car. I wanted to do all of that.

I run at least five miles a day, just long distance.

A guy can do a stair-stepper for an hour or go out and run five miles, but there's a big difference between doing that and going out into the ring and being ready to go-go-go-go-go!

We're not going to let anything get in our way of hitting our milestones and making history and showing the world that Hyperloop works.

The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.

We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks.

I always imagined myself going up against Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan, guys like that, and I had to make the shot to win the game.

I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.

My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.

You can't push the envelope at 10,000 RPM and expect to come out smelling like a rose and feeling like a million bucks on the other side.

I'll fight anyone for enough money. Give me half a million dollars.

Man, just give me a couple of million dollars and let me go on my own, and I will be just fine.

There's going to be a million people that tell you 'No' when you're starting out to do something. But, all you need is that one person to tell you 'Yes,' who's going to believe in you. But first, you need to believe in yourself.

I never in a million years thought I would be able to be a Paralympic athlete.

Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.