Quotes About Determination

The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.

I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

It's amazing how small business owners figure out how to stretch a dollar as far as they possibly can.

The only difference between a flexible person and one who is not is that the flexible person has to go farther to get the same stretch.

I don't want to become a laid-back artist by any stretch of the imagination.

It would be nice to wake up and be able to walk to the bathroom. But even when I was 20 and at the Paris Opera, I had to crawl down the stairs; it is only when I start to work and stretch that my body begins to recover again.

There are a couple of things I would have liked to have done, but the producer or director couldn't stretch the concept to allow for my size. Whenever that happens, I just say, 'Deal with it, and try to get the weight off, and get on with your life.'

I want to go out there and show the world I can stretch my legs even more and exhibit more talent.

I used to always say, 'Cheetahs don't stretch.' And I look at myself as a cheetah.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

I will be even more strict than my dad, because look at me, I turned out fine.

My character of Ammaji in 'Solhah Singaarr' is that of strict matriarch who adheres to her values.

I'm the sort of person - for example coming off 'Strictly' - I make decisions, then I just deal with them and I go with them 100 per cent.

I have no regrets about doing 'Strictly.' This is the biggest achievement of my life.

After I had my heart operation I got really into heart stuff. I did think it would be lovely to go on 'Strictly' just so people could see I wasn't finished. But, sadly, now I couldn't because of my joints. I'd be hobbling around.

I didn't get in to 'Strictly' the first time, but my determination and enthusiasm shone through and got me a job on the show the following year. Don't give up and turn the no's and setbacks into a positive!

With 'Strictly,' I am mentally and physically knackered: everything aches. I knew it would be hard, but I never thought it would be this tough.

'Strictly' is definitely life-changing, and I hope it can open another pathway for me, career-wise. Maybe something a bit more musical.

In the early stages, when I realized I was going to be probably the shortest player on the teams I was on, it was hard. I felt like girls were getting recruited over me strictly because of their height, and it made me self-conscious.

The best thing about 'Strictly' is it doesn't matter what level you start at, if you've never put a foot in front of the other in your life.

The 'Strictly' experience is really like no other - the training and work that goes into it is immense.

At the end of the day, a show like 'Strictly' is not about what colour you are, or where you come from. It is about how hard you are prepared to work and how well you can dance.