Quotes About Determination

When you've grown up with limited resources, there's almost a narrative that everything's unlikely and the odds are against you. I guess then, if things start to happen, you immediately think, 'Do I even deserve this?'

For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at all on the stage or in film', so I feel I have to take all the opportunities I can.

I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

Much as I would like to give out as much as I can, I do recognize that my resources are not unlimited, and therefore, it is imperative that we are able to determine the sustainability and effectiveness of the causes we support. In so doing, we can ensure that our resources are put to the best use.

I think the opportunites are unlimited. It just depends on how hard I have to work.

I have got a self-confidence that I have the ability but felt I was not being lucky and was an unlucky person.

I could stifle my voice, or strip it. I know that I could, because we can do anything we put our minds to. I know that I could, but it feels very unnatural for me to strip my prose like that, in part because place is so important to me.

I wanted to get punished, and I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting.

Fear is unnecessary.

No actor has made a career of exerting determination to the extent that Matt Damon has. In the 'Bourne' movies, he burned himself down to a central nervous system - his focus fried away unnecessary calories.

Nobody is going to just come and give you money unless you've proven yourself, especially if you're doing something that is unconventional or unorthodox and outside the way the industry thinks.

Hills are unpleasant, so I like to get them over with as quickly as possible.

I remember the first time I smelled B.O. was at a cross-country meet. But it wasn't unpleasant, in a strange way. That's what you got when you worked hard.

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

I am not aiming to be unpopular. I am aiming to get good results, and sometimes you need to stick your elbows out to get those results.

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

It's not easy to do the unpopular thing.

I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.

I'm not afraid of making big and sometimes unpopular calls if they're the right thing to do.

The playoffs are unpredictable. You never know what can happen and how these playoffs go.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.

I believe anything has to be possible. You have to be able to face any problem that comes along and unravel it into a solution.

I modeled a little bit of Quinn on 'UnREAL' after Ari Gold and Anna Wintour combined.

You have to believe in the unrealistic to do something extraordinary - to create a miracle.