Quotes About Determination

I don't know if I like getting hit, but I try to draw contact.

I don't think about drawing the contact on purpose. I just want to get to the line.

I don't have to be perfect with my ball-striking, because I have other things that can pick me up, that's been a big confidence boost for me, knowing I don't have to be perfect; I can still contend and have a chance to win.

I can't keep fighting and being the No. 1 contender for years.

I believe if I beat 'Jacare' I'm going to be a contender for the title shot.

It's a goal of mine to be a contender every week.

I could have had class. I could have been a contender.

I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.

A champion's strength comes from never being contented.

I have the same attitude going into every contest. It's all the same.

I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.

Not being in the dunk contest isn't going to stop me from dunking.

Had I been a contestant in 'Squid Game,' I would have died doing the dalgona.

Because of my style, I always make hard work of my contests.

Contests, I used to look at as a chance to fail. I turned my mind-set around.

I want to keep working. I shall continue to do my best.

I've said to people before that I'm going to do my very best to make it, and I'm not going to give up. And that's true. But I might not make it. And if I don't make it, the Marathon of Hope better continue.

Expect me to continue what I've been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

I appreciate everything that happened in Sacramento. It was character building for me, continuing to go out and play hard. I feel like I progressed as a player.

For me, it's never really been a road block for me to shoot, it's just a matter of me continuing to shoot and shooting with confidence.

I'm continuing to figure it out every single year: Life is a challenge, and the ones that succeed in life are the tough-minded ones that are not willing to accept failure.

I can't change me and I can't change other people's thinking. All I can do is continuously get better. So if I'm doing that, even if somebody doesn't like me or respect me, I don't care.

I've said it continuously in NXT: There is no one who can outwork me.