Quotes About Determination

You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one of the few things in my life that I knew I was going to be able to do, and I also felt as though I'd be able to do it the way I wanted to do it.

I started pursuing stand-up comedy in 12th grade.

Anything less than gold is a failure to me. It's extreme pressure, but I hold myself to a high standard.

I'm a standard overachiever.

I used to watch a lot of people and think, 'You're not dedicated.' It's half an hour into the game and they have dropped their standard. They weren't putting the effort in.

I do not think of myself as a standard bearer for Asian players. I just try to work hard for myself.

I am tough on myself. It's just how I am. I hold myself to a standard.

In 2020, I want to set a standard where I'm only fighting the best guys.

Ueli Steck, I'm absolutely certain, had a very strong inner drive to keep pushing. He set very high standards for himself.

I've been inconsistent by my standards, but I always set high goals for myself.

Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.

I'm slow by everybody's standards. But not by mine.

On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

My English isn't that good, maybe just 40 per cent fine by normal standards.

At the beginning of my career, it was very hard to go up. Now, it's very hard to stay on top. You have to stay there, and I want to stay there so badly. I'm still standing.

I could do a standing back flip at 13.

There were times when I was working three jobs at one time, and I was still auditioning just to make ends meet, and I was hoping that something was going to come through. Especially after you have two degrees, standing solid through the process is sometimes the hardest part because there is no guarantee.

I love standing on the pitch too much to focus on anything else - if I want to be a coach or something.

I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.

I don't stand in anybody else's way of accomplishing their dreams, and I don't like people standing in my way, either. That seems like a hostile thing to do.

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!'

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

With China and North Korea, you never know who you'll fight. The faces are always changing, and suddenly young opponents come up. It's all about winning at the Olympics, not about winning pretty. I'll just keep trying to improve, add more muscle power, and make sure I'm the last one standing.