Quotes About Tenacity

I've done 'Back in the Saddle Again' so darn long, I could go to sleep and sing it.

Well, I've realized I can function with no sleep!

The only rule I got is if you slide, get up.

When I was young, I would try to give the right answers. 'I'm going to try to slide.' But at the end of the day, I finally realized that I am going to do whatever it takes. I'm going to leave everything out there.

Americans are slow to anger, but once they do get angry, they are impossible to stop.

Don't stop. Don't slow down. Keep focused.

I'm a little brother. I've always been small. People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.

Getting injured gave me the opportunity to re-examine some small things like my serves.

I may be smaller in size, but I'm pretty feisty. I don't give up easily once I get started.

I'm a lot smaller than most guys, so I have to make up with grittiness and show I can work the hardest, show I'm strong on my skates and show I can push some people around.

Smaller players in the Premier League are very good at using their bodies and that's what I will continue to do.

I was a smaller kid when I was growing up so I had to learn some defensive skills. I had to grind a little bit and win points by scrapping it out.

It's not easy to play the big guys, especially since I'm one of the smallest guys on tour.

I've never been the smartest or most qualified for any job I've ever had, and I'm talking waitressing, babysitting, you name it. But I know I've got the will to win. And I learned how to bet on myself and take a shot.

Personally, whichever ball is lose, I will smash that ball.

Advice from my experience, for me, I've never taken no as an answer, I don't believe in that. If I want something, I'm going to get it. When people tell me that I can't do something, it just motivates me more. For me, it makes me smile, because I just want to prove everybody wrong.

I'm good at snap decisions. But if you let me, I will chew something to death.

I've always been loud and obnoxious and sneaking my way into things, and so I feel like I've snuck my way onto the Lollapalooza lineup, and I'm going to sneak my way into whatever else I get to do.

There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.

Tough. Deal with it. Adapt and overcome.

Needs could not bully her.

will fight with everything

Sometimes not giving up has consequences.

A dog's spirit dies hard.