Quotes About Determination

I watched World's Strongest Man growing up on TV and I just loved all of that, so I decided to enter a Strongman contest - just for fun. Really. For no other reason than that I just wanted to compete in something and push myself. I ended up loving it from the get-go and also found that I was very gifted.

I always knew, in my heart of hearts, I would win World's Strongest Man.

Being the strongest man in the world is exciting for me.

I've always wanted to be the strongest in my school, in my class, everywhere. I don't care if I'm in year seven, I wanted to be the strongest in the school.

Qualifying has been one of my strongest points all my career.

I am always interested in looking for the strongest possible leadership.

I have a strong arm. I wouldn't say strongest in world but it's stronger than a lot of guys and I'm not afraid to say it.

I'd get beat up a lot early on. I wasn't the strongest, fastest or most skilled guy there, but I had a lot of heart and kept showing up. I just started getting better and by the time I was 13 I was knocking older kids and amateurs out.

I knew that I wanted my third album to be the most drama and the strongest foot forward - every muscle flexing and using all the tools that you have in the toolbox.

I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.

I overcame all the casting couches and stood out strongly as an independent woman.

I think I wrote the first draft of 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in '79. No one wanted to buy it. Nobody. I felt very strongly about it, so I stayed with it and kept paying my assistant and everything. At a certain point, I was literally flat broke.

I feel like anything I've ever done, I've been strongly advised not to do.

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

I rarely asks people for advice or permission when I'm planning on doing something I feel strongly about. That only opens the plan up to be crapped on.

My father certainly believed that one could make a living outside of an office, as he did. And that if I didn't want to work for other people, there wasn't any reason why I had to. He conveyed that very strongly to my sister and I - that smart people can make their own livings.

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped out one by one, from sheer exhaustion. No murmur of complaint, however, would be heard.

I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

I think if I believe in something strongly enough, I'm pretty outspoken about it.

At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be.

The thing I like most about flying in space is not the view. The thing I like about it is doing something I feel very, very strongly about.

What separates me is I'm a dog. I use that term very strongly because that's what I am. That's why I have an angry demeanor. It's not a front. It's not a face.

I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.