Quotes About Determination

You can choose to be a person who has resulted simply from what has happened, or from what you've chosen to be and do about what has happened.

When you start off, you have to deal with the problems of failure. You need to be thickskinned, to learn that not every project will survive.

To affirm is to make firm.

Nobody ever told me, I found out for myself, you got to believe in foolish miracles.

If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.

You can't take no breaks.

You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

The good nail will do its job regardless what kind of hammer comes its way and what kind of surface it sits on.

A good nail does not fear being hammered.

Every failure is just another step closer to a win. Never stop trying.

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.

The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out.

Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front

You can always get better. Nobody can stop you from getting better, and nobody can stop you from trying to make something right.

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.

The only purpose of starting is to finish

It's just a question of eliminating obstacles.

There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.

I have a personal motto that I live by, which is feel the fear and do it anyway. If you fail, you get up and you keep trying again.

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.

Remember, it's not conditions but decisions that determine our lives.

I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

Losing's a great motivator.

For the ocean is big and my boat is small. Find the courage.