Quotes About Tenacity

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around with a quitter.

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

Whenever you're in a position to win, you don't want to let it go.

I will continue modeling until they don't want me anymore basically because I do love it very much.

That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

I'm hungry. I want the ball. That's the feeling you want. When you get that feeling, you can't be stopped.

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

Live your dream. Know what you want to do and never take no for an answer.

Fighting is for people who fail at everything else.

Bridgeburners get pounded all the time. We just get back up. No bluster, just back up, aye.

Life stays stubborn until it has no choice but to give up, and even then it's likely to spit one last time in the eye of whatever's killed it. We're cruel in victory and cruel in defeat, my friends.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

He never gave up. And he does that for us

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.

He is a survivor, who has held onto life and power with matchless tenacity. For this reason, he will eventually see reason.

Strickland Gillilan

I can assure you that frostbite to any part of that animal's anatomy wouldn't delay us for a second. If she was unfit to travel I'd personally poleaxe her," Thirrin said with venom. Then she added as an afterthought, "And I'd enjoy it!

The only way to guarantee failure is to quit.--Sue Cameron

If they say no, do it. And if it feels good, then do it till you drop.

Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.