Quotes About Tenacity

We need to play like somebody took our lunch money, like somebody disrespected your mother. I think that's the type of anger you need have and the aggression you need to have on the court. That doesn't mean making mad faces or mean faces but it means attacking the glass, strongly attacking the rim when you have the ball on offense.

Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached.

I'm going to be that gnarly guy that gets in somebody's face and makes it ugly. I'm a bit of a grinder.

I learned to absolutely love the feeling of winning a tough match on a tough point or figuring out how to come back when I was down and win ugly. Walking off the court with a W just made me so happy.

I'm the ultimate competitor.

Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.

Ultimately, we're incredibly resilient creatures. People really do get on with the business of living.

Quitting has always been the worst possible thing you can do in sports. It's downright un-American.

We have already done so much that people call dynamics. Look at the bumblebee being unaware of scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway. If it is possible, we will do it here.

It's truly unbelievable, the tenacity of life.

Just about everybody in the world thinks the world of George Kittle. He's an unbelievable person with an unbelievable amount of energy. How he plays the game with the tenacity is one of a kind.

If your war is for your existence, fight it right to the end!

Wars are won in the will.

Do not think of defeat if the battle is not won yet

Whatever the challenge, never quit, never give up, never surrender.

Victory will not go to those who can inflict the most suffering, but to those who can survive the most.

General Taylor never surrenders.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.

it is only those who persevere to the end that succeed.

I declare,... a man who wishes to make his way in life could do nothing better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

If there is a tenacious burning desire in the pit of your stomach, you become very difficult to discourage.