Quotes About Tenacity

I refuse to take no for an answer on anything.

You can't ever give up. When you refuse to lose games, you often find yourself winning them.

I refuse to give up.

I guess when you take a look at the book 'Atlas Shrugged,' I think most people always like to identify with the main character - that would be John Galt. I guess I identify with Hank Rearden, the fella that just refused until the very end to give up.

A loss is just a loss. You get up again, dust yourself off, go at it again regardless of the circumstances. That's the way I look at it.

I live with no regrets.

Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much.

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.

I didn't expect any success at all. I was rejected by every publisher in the world and every agent in town.

I've gotten rejected hundreds of times.

Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.

I've got a very tough skin because I've been doing this for a long time. Rejection is simply part of it.

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more.

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.

If you give up at the first rejection or the first bad review, you will never make it in publishing.

I'll continue working as long as people want to hire me.

I went on and was still able to play some good hockey.

Bring the fights on. If I'm going to be the champ, I gotta beat everyone anyway, so what does sitting and waiting and holding my position do?

I'm a freak when it comes to holding on the ground; it's just almost impossible holding me on the ground.

My last fight wasn't the way I wanted it to go so there is a hole there; don't count me out.

I've got a good right hook.

To be able to make other girls play - and hopefully in Latin America as well - is very important to me.

I'm a work horse.