Quotes About Tenacity

That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

If you're running businesses anywhere in the world, people who really do well are the people who have mental toughness.

I believe in my ability and my mental toughness.

I feel like mental toughness has been a huge part.

I hate canceling anything, I'm 'the show must go on' mentality. If you can crawl, you can take the stage.

I have always been strong. My mentality is just that way; that's why I've been around so long.

My mentality as a competitor never changes.

I think I just have the mentality that I'm always hungry.

My mentality from the day I started playing sports was that you get up, you dust yourself off and you do it again.

The more mental strength you have, the better. If you look at some of the best players that we have seen over the years and that I have been playing with, mentally they are the best competitors as well, something I have worked hard on.

When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

Some people are mentally strong.

You can be physically strong, but if you're not mentally strong you're not going to cut the grade.

I know if I want to have a chance to beat the top players, I need to be mentally ready for that.

I think I have become mentally stronger now, and I have full confidence that I can finish close matches.

For the most part I consider myself a mentally strong player.

I've always worked my butt off physically and mentally.

Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.

Believe me, I can be tough, physically and mentally.

I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

You don't mess with Pablo Zabaleta. He is not just looking hard, he is hard.

Mexican fighters have a great tradition. They come to fight, and they don't back down.

In Mexico, we call it 'terco': the guy who goes out every day, and every day they tell him no, and the next day he's there, and the next day he's there. That's the kind of people who make movies in Mexico.