Quotes About Determination

In the lives of great men, neither did fate give up, NOR DID THEY.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

Perhaps our greatest power in life is the power to choose. Without question, choices are the most determining factor in how our lives turn out.

Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.

Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.

Failure is my specialty.

There's very few people go the extra mile - so go the extra mile and give it all you've got.

There is a Tony the Tiger inside of all of us just waiting to be unleashed.

I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in.

Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted but excited, because you came in fifth last time.

We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and I think if that's not enough motivation I don't think you should be playing this game.

Stamping down the weakness of mind and heart, stand up, saying, "I am possessed of heroism, I am possessed of a steady intellect..." Never allow weakness to overtake your mind.

Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.

Passion is more developed than discovered.

If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.

You've got to make a decision: Are you going to go down with the situation, or are you going to focus and succeed? My dream...kept me going.

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.

Two things help me be a winner. One is I try to stay on an even keel. I don't get too high or too low. Two is I do a lot of visualization. I never see a bad pitch. I always see a good one.

Criticism is the price of ambition.

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation.

Persistence is the mother of personal change

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents

When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path.