Quotes About Determination

God didn't design an elevator for me. It's great because I'm climbing stairs and learning with every step.

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

Obviously understand what's at stake, and keep going. You just have to keep going, keep playing.

When you play a semi-final, it is impossible to be tired. You know how much is at stake.

This is the year you really put the stake in the ground.

This girl at 17 really led an army, this girl at 19 really burned at the stake by her own choice. And you sit there and you want to figure out why did she make these choices? How did she live such a life?

We try each and every week to win. We know what's at stake, but every coach has that mindset, so it's not easy.

Understand what you want, and want it as badly as you can. Make the stakes for yourself as life-or-death as you can.

Let's be honest, I'm not a guy who is going to grind out $10 entry fantasy matches. If I'm going to compete, I want to play at the highest stakes.

Regardless of what the stakes are, our attitude and our mindset doesn't change.

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

I got the stamina. I can close.

I have stamina, and I have energy.

Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined.

Well, head space, mental stamina, all that stuff, like it boils down to getting it done.

No doubt about it, in order to win the WSOP Main Event, plenty of stamina is required.

Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.

I've been reading scripts where they've been doing a lot of singing now, but within the dark, realistic story line. I would love, love, love, love to do that. But not a musical on Broadway, I don't have that kind of energy or stamina.

I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and as soon as I figured that out I never looked back.

What distinguishes Vilmos Zsigmond from other cinematographers is, of course, talent but, more, physical stamina. You just can't be great without it.

I think about people like Jeff Bezos or Reed Hastings, and I really marvel at the stamina they've had to keep on trucking no matter what happens.