Quotes About Determination

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

The most important thing in my career out of the 23 years I played is I never struck out 100 times. Getting the base hits was the greatest thrill of my life.

Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at them.

Failure is a part of success.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

If it Will it Will

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

I have learned what all who live in a land of slaver[y] must learn sooner or later; that is to process approbation where you cannot feel it; to be hard when most inclined to melt; and to say that all is right, and good; and true when you know that nothing could be more wrong and unjust.["]

black business cared out of his

Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

We will either find a way, or make one

It doesn't matter if one man fights or ten thousand; if the one man sees he has no option but to fight, then he will fight, whether he has others on his side or not.

Anna Quangel felt herself trembling. Then she looked over at Otto again. He might be right: whether their act was big or small, no one could risk more than his life. Each according to his strength and abilities, but the main thing was, you fought back. Still

Es ist egal, ob nur einer kämpft oder zehntausend; wenn der eine merkt, er muss kämpfen, so kämpft er, ob er Mitkämpfer hat oder nicht. Ich habe kämpfen müssen und ich würde es immer wieder tun.

It doesn't matter if there's a handful of you against many of them. Once you've seen that a cause is right, you're obliged to fight for it. Whether you ever live to see success, or the person who steps into your shoes does, it doesn't matter.

O]b wenig oder viel, niemand konnte mehr als sein Leben wagen. Jeder nach seinen Kräften und Anlagen – die Hauptsache: man widerstand.

He threw himself against the bars, he cared nothing that some swine beat his face till the blood came, he fought day after day with an enemy invisible to us, and day after day he took up the fight anew.

Nobody forced me to speak. Nobody? Ah yes, alcohol had made me do it. When once I had understood, when once I had realised to the full, what a liar alcohol is, and what liars it makes of honest men, I swore never to touch another drop and even to give up my occasional glass of beer. But what are resolutions, what are plans?

Betrayed and deceived. Deceived and defrauded. But at once I shrug my shoulders: that's right! Lower and lower. Deeper and deeper into it. Now there's no holding back!

I was once again gripped by the old familiar passion; I wrote without looking up, nor did I look round either - neither to the left, nor to the right.

Durruti pasaba delante de los policías sin inmutarse. "Yo tengo tanto miedo como tu", dijo. "El miedo y el valor vienen juntos. A veces no sé dónde termina el uno y dónde termina el otro".

for only he is lost who gives himself up for lost!