Quotes About Determination

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career.

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

I want to keel over on stage playing King Lear at age 99 or something like that.

When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally so I jumped the border. I didn't speak any English.

As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly.

From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

I wanted to show I had balls at age 60.

He's 19 years of age, ... He's a fiery character and competitive. I think maybe when he sees things that are a bit of an injustice against him then he reacts like that.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

Never be afraid to chase your dream at any age.

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always played up against older age groups.

When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.

If I'm going to fail, I want to fail trying.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.

We succeed, not alone by the laborious exertions of our faculties, be they small or great, but by the regular, thoughtful and systematic exercise of them.

If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

I can't do this anymore," I cried, "Why won't you just leave me alone?" Because you would never leave me.

I can't leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls... She's too precious to give up.

Learn to Lose, Wade to Win.

Get fired, no one will call you a quitter.