Quotes About Determination

I didn't think I was going to school to be a doctor - no offense, but that wasn't me.

The only problem that I had in my younger years and in college was not knowing if I had the confidence on the offensive side to just take over.

Just play hard, compete, energy, hit the offensive glass.

They say baseball's a game of failure. Well, that's only true on the offensive side.

I think you need to be aggressive. That's offensive football.

You know, I just feel physically that I can get a lot of offensive rebounds.

One of my roles is rebounding the ball and not giving up offensive boards, and I feel like I can be one of the best in the league at that.

On the offensive end you can work yourself into a rhythm, but on the defensive end you have to be aware of everything. That's not measured by shots made or missed, it's measured by heart and determination to get out and play somebody. That's how you win on defense.

I am determined to offer an apology with my death.

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

You have to go out and find a way to compete every day. I know what I can do and what I can offer the team.

I couldn't afford to go to drama school in London. Then I met with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and I fell in love with the city. It was one of the few schools that offered me a place. It didn't do me any harm.

With 'Lady Macbeth,' I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.

When I was told that I was being offered a role in 'Miss Julie,' I already knew I wanted to do it.

I always want to try for what's been offered to me.

I just realized I wanted to do more than ballet. I was offered an apprenticeship, so I was about to join a company and drop out of high school, and then it hit me: I didn't want that anymore.

At West Ham, I was the last person to be offered a scholarship. I remember an Under 18 match against Fulham. I was 16 and had to prove myself. Everyone else already had their scholarship. It was probably one of my best games. Knowing that every day I'd have to fight has made me into the person I am today.

'Aiyyaa' was not the first film that I was offered in Hindi... it was the first film that I wanted to do in Hindi.

When you get offered the captaincy, you've got to have a go. In India, where it went well, I was playing well ,and anything that needed doing, I'd do it myself. When I wasn't playing well, it was tough.

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

I had better offers financially but from the first day I said I want to come to Liverpool.

At a certain point, we need to figure out how to reward those who choose a path that offers, often, almost no reward.

I wasn't sure if I would survive in the film industry in the beginning. So, I gave myself six months to see if things fall in place, and luckily, soon after I moved to Mumbai, I began getting modelling and acting offers.

Even if someone offers me junk food, I won't eat it.