Quotes About Determination

I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can't do it, I will achieve it.

Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

My idea for Gucci was crazy, but that's the only idea I had. I was sure I'd be fired after the first show.

I follow my own head. And if I'm determined to do something, then I'll make sure that I make it happen.

Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction.

For sure I want to stay at Real Madrid.

I'm just not no kid... I was always consistent with everything: school, sports, music, everything. I made sure. That's how I am.

Working with Mel Gibson is a little like waltzing with a hurricane. It's always exciting, and you're never quite sure where it's going to take you.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

I will never say never. If it is God's plan, it will surely happen.

These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

If I lose a match, I don't get sad or feel down. But if I lose a close match, I surely have sleepless nights.

The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts.

I've never had a ground-breaking hit that changed the deal. It's always been slowly but surely for me, and I've never had a moment of sheer panic when I thought I was never going to work again. So I can't really complain.

I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of slowly but surely inching toward the Olympic Games and using every day as a series of goals to be accomplished.

For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what I do naturally.

If Sherlock Holmes can survive the Reichenbach Falls, then surely we have not seen the last of Detective Sergeant John Munch.

I will surely watch 'Toofaan.'

People laughed at me for setting up a surf shop.

You have to go into every event with 100 percent confidence and just surf your best because everyone there is there to win, and no one is going to give you the heat. You have to win by a mile to really make a heat.

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.

My process for determining which eras I'd write about was to just read history books that gave a really broad overview of Chinese history. And when I came across a historical figure or a historical incident that was especially interesting to me, ideas for characters and stories would surface.

Clay is not my surface; everyone knows that.

In key times I performed well against Rafael Nadal regardless of the surface. The fact is you need to hold on as long as possible. You need to be strong in key times. And when there's the slightest opportunity, you need to seize it because he's one of the best players when things get tough.