Quotes About Determination

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

I knew I was going to be a sportsman.

If you think about it, there are a lot of parallels between a sportsman's journey and the acting journey. You face so much adversity and disappointment, and you can work incredibly hard for a long time with very little results, and then, hopefully, something happens.

I'm a sportsman, not a political man.

You can never get to a place of comfort in this business. As soon as you hit that little cushy spot, somebody's gonna kick you out. So I have a constant need to do it better.

I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.

I'm tired of thinking about playoffs, playoffs, six, seven, eighth spot. I want to think about championship. That's something that we always thought when I came to Denver. That's what I felt as soon as I came to Denver coming from New York where we were not winning.

If you take your foot off the gas, there's always someone who wants your spot.

But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.

That mindset never changes. It should never change. If you've been in the league for 14 years or been in the league not even a day, you should have that mindset that you're going to go out there and prove yourself and earn a spot.

If I didn't have competition and I didn't have people trying to take my spot, then it can make someone lazy. So it does the exact opposite. It motivates me.

If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.

There are a lot of people who dream of overnight success, of being Brad Pitt getting discovered for 'Thelma and Louise,' but that doesn't always happen. I represent that stick-to-it-ness that it takes to build a career over time, guest spot by guest spot. Looking back from here, I wouldn't have wanted the journey to go any other way.

I've always been a guy who comes in not being guaranteed a spot and always fighting for a spot. Any time you're in a camp, and you're not a big money guy, you're always going to be competing for a job.

I'm trying to be number one. I'm doing the best I can and working the hardest I've ever worked to ensure I've got that number one spot.

It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.

I never got picked for the athletics team for about three years. I was in my third year, and I really wanted to join, and I kept basically knocking on the door of the PE coach. 'Can I join? Can I join?' He's like, 'No... No.' And then one day, he's like, 'Okay, you want to race? Cool. We have a free spot for you. You're gonna be doing the 400.'

Man United is a club where we always want to win and be first. If second is the spot we have to take, then we'll take it as long as we're up there and winning games. But our main priority is to be first all the time.

All the love in the world for Kofi Kingston, but I'm coming back for my spot.

I want to play right back for England. I think that's my spot. I have played there for nine years.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

I do not fear the pressure to win because I spent 14 years in England always fighting for a starting spot, and that's what I want to continue doing.

The way the podium is situated in wrestling, the first place spot is the center. So if I'm in a bathroom, I'll look for the first place urinal.

No magic wands have been waved in my direction; I didn't win some kind of lottery to land a spot at one of the biggest clubs in the world.