Quotes About Determination

I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen.

On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.

Let's nail it down, let's get it right.

And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it.

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

Dramatically, the moment in 'Gravity' that was hardest to nail down is when Ryan is in the Soyuz capsule and she realizes that she's out of fuel. That's when the character's arc gets defined.

It's OK if you fail a few times. Just keep getting back up until you nail it.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

Bozoma Saint John

I was always... naive enough to not know what I could not accomplish.

I'm not naive. It's football. You're going to make mistakes.

Los Angeles is not going to be a big naive step for me. I know it's tough out there, but I do think there's a place for Irish actors in that market.

My friends think I'm a candidate for a lobotomy, and my competitors think I'm naive or stupid or both. But you know what? I don't care.

If somebody on this team actually gets to first base, I'll stand there naked.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've ever done in the name of fairness and justice for my people.

When my name is called I'm going to go in there and give it everything I've got.

Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature.

I am aiming high. I want to achieve a lot here, make history here, and make a name for myself at Everton.

Martin Luther King didn't know he was going to have a day named after him; Muhammad Ali didn't know he was going to be the people's champion. He was doing what he was doing because it was right.

I made a deadline for myself that if I wasn't earning a living being a musician by 'A Boy Named Goo,' I was going to get back to school, get a degree, and go on with my life - and enjoy the memories I had.

Right now, there are some big names out there for me. The likes of Demian Maia, Rafael dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler, and Wonderboy.

I want the big fights, I want the big names, fights that will motivate me.

When you ask people about guys they didn't like because they were aggressive, there's me, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors; not too many names would come up.

I have a lot of big names on my side that I'm willing to fight, and I'm pretty sure they are willing to fight me, too.