Quotes About Determination

Without question, I've either got to be a writer, or I fail.

The only person that is going to tell you that you can't do things in life are people who have failed.

I failed my HGV licence three times.

I did badly in high school. I don't know why, but I failed all my exams. Then I took them again.

Basically, I thought I had nothing to lose so I'd try my luck as a stand-up comedian. So even if it all failed, I was at the bottom of the food-chain anyway.

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

When I started out I was a failed actor.

I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

When I went to do law, I kind of drifted through that and thought, 'I can pass these exams.' And I didn't - I failed three times, and each time I did worse and failed by a bigger margin. And that taught me so much.

After my first film, I was having trouble finding a second film. I had a lot of attempts that failed.

The first time I baked, I failed a couple of times, and I made some mistakes and perhaps ended up with something inedible. Then I was a little bit more careful, and I learned how to do it right.

I've failed a lot, you know, in football, and I've gone on a lot of auditions, been told no, been told I'm not right, so I know what failure feels like. It's about the work.

My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again.

I've failed a lot in my career.

Before I was a champion, I failed, and I was afraid.

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.

There's nothing to be scared of. We're playing basketball. The only thing that could happen is you failing. But as long as you're going hard, there's nothing to be scared of for me. I don't know what there is to be scared of.

I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.

I'm OK with failing. You've got to fail in life in order to get better. I'm going to be fine.

You should never be scared of failing.

I don't care about failing because I do not want to sit down in my older years and say, 'How come I didn't try?'

I don't like failing at anything.

I think we would be dead and gone if we were just mostly failing.

The success or failing in one competition doesn't define you, and that is one thing that any sports would teach you.