Quotes About Determination

I was like, 'I have to start writing for myself, to show people what I can do and what my point of view is.'

As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how you want to play a role, and you endeavour to convince people of your interpretation or your point of view.

From a personal point of view, I wouldn't have been happy with one cap but would always have been happy with two. I never counted on getting to 80.

Snooker has been really, really tough for me from a personal point of view because to be at the top and to stay at the top you've got to put the hours in.

I could have become a distraction, pointed fingers, complained, or I could have just worked hard and been prepared, knowing I'm one play from getting in. And that's the road I've taken.

When I first came to Chelsea, I couldn't kick the ball, and it was pointless, me playing, really. But I tried to play through the pain for the manager who bought me.

Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world.

Being at United, you always get quite disappointed if you don't get all three points, as you believe you can go into every single game and win it.

I feel I can win the game without scoring 30 points.

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.

We must go to the pitch without any fear. We have to try to compete for three points against every opponent. To do that, we must have courage and be strong.

It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.

When you go into the other guy's backyard you cannot hope to win on points.

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.

You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.

When you are 10 points behind, you have to be focused just on the next game.

There were points in my career where I thought, 'Maybe I'm done. Maybe I've written everything there is to write.' Now I've learned that it's just working itself out. You have to let it do it.

There's no room for being disappointed or for excuses, 'Oh, I had four match points.'

I definitely need clarity.

I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.

I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thing where little girls always try ballet, or whatever.