Quotes About Determination

The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself. Running will do that.

To become a champion, fight one more round.

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.

Golf isn't like other sports where you can take a player out if he's having a bad day. You have to play the whole game.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail.

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you.

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

It's hard to beat a person that never gives up.