Quotes About Determination

When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.

That's when you know you're the greatest: when you're the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me.

I like to be against the odds.

I keep defying the odds, you know.

I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

It doesn't matter what odds are on paper or what's happened before. It matters what happens that moment.

The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.

The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't have a scholarship. But I always felt I could make it to the NBA; it was as if I had foreseen my future, and I knew I would make it.

My thing with the Secret Six is that they never win. The odds are always against them; everyone wants them gone. So they never win. But they never give up, either.

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So when you finally get to the NBA, you've beat the odds. So when you put on that jersey, everything else is downhill.

I always go against the odds.

I beat the odds, and I beat the odds so many times.

I like to think I defied the odds my entire life, definitely my entire athletic career.

If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.

I love biting off way more than I can chew, and that's a great motivator because it forces me to rise to the occasion.

We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.

Football has an off-season. Basketball has an off-season. TV has an off-season. Everything has an off-season except wrestling.

Be it commercial or offbeat, I want to establish myself as an actress.

In the NBA, it's different. You must do everything. Defense, offense, shooting, everything. I wanted to prove myself here and I will prove myself here.

I just think I've got to be more aggressive at both ends of the floor. When I'm aggressive on the defensive end it really helps me on offense.