Quotes About Determination

It is always something special to be a standout. But I never really look at that stuff. I just go out and try to handle my business.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.

It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour. But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.

I won the belt in DREAM, I won the belt in Strikeforce, every fight was just a fight, it wasn't something special, it just was getting in the ring and fighting.

I always look for a challenge. Maybe it's part of my mentality to create something special.

A lot of people think the wrestling is easy. I have bad knee... almost no walk. Look at the Jerry Lawler with his heart. We still get involve with the sport because we have the pride and the heart. Sometime we get hurt and sometime we don't.

Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.

I think I could do good against some of the top welterweights. Yeah, pretty big guys, but you gotta live some times, you gotta step up sometime, huh?

Sometimes in life, you have to make a selfish decision and do what's best for you.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!

Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level.

Miracles can sometimes happen in cycling.

Sometimes there's just no room for apologies.

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going to be a plumber when I grew up.

My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and constantly trying not to get satisfied with where I'm at with my career and where I'm at as an athlete. I'm somewhat happy, but never satisfied.

You have to be somewhat ruthless with your work. You have to let things go. Even your favourite little part might not work in the end.

You have to be confident to be successful... I am somewhat confident.

Always dress like you're going somewhere better.

When people doubt your right to be somewhere, the responsibility falls on you to prove over and over again that you deserve to be there.

At the end of the day, if you want to go somewhere you can make it happen.