Quotes About Determination

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way.

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

When things don't go your way, you've got to keep trying to do the right things.

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

The fact is I have lost a fight, and I accept the loss from Allah. That's the way a real fighter and a real man goes out.

Resilience can go an awful long way.

I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It's what's most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history.

I will always find a way to find a positive from things.

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

There have been some ups and downs. I've not always had it my own way. That's the way racing is supposed to be.

I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beautiful. I'm fast. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. I can't possibly be beat.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.

I could see no position to say, 'I'm going to make a living as a writer.' But I went to classes for it; I read every play in 'Theater' magazine. I saw the second acts of everything on Broadway - I had a job as a CBS usher in New York City, and on my way home every night, I'd see what shows I could get into.

I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times.