Quotes About Tenacity

All that was needed to get ahead in the world was a bit of sense and the ability to kick a bastard faster than the bastard could kick you, and Richard Sharpe reckoned he had those talents right enough.

Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. . . . Remain spiritually tenacious Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.

What people resent, in sport, is if you go out with a whimper.

There are radical elements who don't want me to finish my term. But I will not resign.

As important as hustle is, grit and resilience are equally as important because there's a lot of rejection in our business.

Human beings have enormous resilience.

Every day, across our state, we see grit and resilience.

'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that didn't quit.

I think persistence and resilience are very important.

The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

In football, as in politics, resilience pays off.

Resilience has always been something I've seen and admired.

You can't shut somebody up by losing.

I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong... I've always fought for what I believe in, and I don't quit until I have accomplished what I set out to do.

Colorado does not shut down. Colorado does not quit. Colorado does not break.

A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won't shut him down if you kick him - he will just ask for the ball all the time.

If you're not that big pay-per-view star, shut up and fight.

I don't shy away from competition.

I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.

No one nor anything can silence me.

I will not be silenced or deterred.

The Spartan king Agesilaus was still fighting in armor when he was eighty-two. Picasso was painting past ninety, and Henry Miller was chasing women (I'm sure Picasso was too) at eighty-nine. Once we turn pro, we're like sharks who have tasted blood, or renunciants who have glimpsed the face of God. For us, there is no finish line. No bell ends the bout. Life is the pursuit. Life is the hunt. When our hearts burst... then we'll go out, and no sooner.

The professional keeps his eye on the doughnut and not on the hole. He reminds himself it's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.