Quotes About Determination

I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'

If you want to succeed, you've got to be okay to just lose control.

Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

The world is full of bullshitters, Liars, and triers and quitters, Coulda-beens, wannabe's, thought-I-was, isn't-I-is's... And everybody in your business.

When you're building a business, you're either all in, or you're not.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to succeed in business.

The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me

Don't be shy about believing in your ideas - even if folks around you think you're crazy.

Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top.

I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.

Business is tough; you need tough guys.

Get out of show business. Its the best advice I ever got, because Im so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end.

I have always been a business person.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through this business.

We've weathered several periods when times weren't so good, and so I don't think we'll cancel our advertising now. In fact, we might even increase it.

I'm not in business to be loved, but I am in business.

Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats

When I do something, I do it all the way. I've been in show business so many years. I've achieved a lot of things.

Television isn't my career. Business is.

Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.