Quotes About Determination

The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.

Make each day your masterpiece.

If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. -John wooden

Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is not to act when action is needed.

I wanted to win every single game I ever played in or coached. Absolutely. I wanted to win. But, I understood that ultimately the winning or losing may not be under my control. What was under my control was how I prepared myself and our team. I judged my success, my "winning," on that. It just made more sense.

Sposobnost može da te dovede na vrh al da bi opstao na vrhu, potreban ti je karakter.

Competitiveness must be focused exclusively on the process of what you are doing rather than the result of that effort (the so-called winning or losing).

Succeeding is performing at your best when your best is required

If any one premise typifies my teams in all the years I've coached, it is this concept. Often as a player, I'd tell myself, I may play someone better than I am, but I'll never run against one who is going to be in better condition And I never played against a man in my life I felt was in better shape, and Lambert often cited me as an example of top conditioning.

I've always believed that hustle can make up for a lot of mistakes.

SEEK SIGNIFICANT CHANGE       ââ'¬Â¢ Never be content with performance or results.       ââ'¬Â¢ Remove all excuses for getting to the next level. Don't say "no"; ask

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.

I had mistakes, plenty, but I had no failures

If you prepare properly, you may be outscored but you will never lose.

Even if we were big underdogs I always felt anything could happen. Often enough, I was right. That's also why I never assumed we were going to win.

Make the best of what you've got; play the cards you are dealt. Walt Disney once said, "There is no education like adversity." However, to gain this education you must be tough enough to overcome adversity rather than allowing adversity to overcome you.

Remember That Success Can Take Months—or Years—to Achieve but Can Be Undone in Minutes.

Sports don't build character; they reveal it.

Even at 94, I want to be the best I can be, and hard work is the only way to make this happen.

Long-Term Success Requires Short-Term Focus.