Quotes About Tenacity

I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.

Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose.

Not that any of the sysadmin's knowledge and skills were applicable here. The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he'd be able to break through in the end.

So you're just going to give up? That's the plan.

Nelson DeMille

Nelson DeMille

Nelson DeMille

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of the hard work you already did!

Known to the Chinese as 'Iron-Headed Old Rat

The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.

I need to show my son that when things get hard and rough - not if, when - you have to keep going; you have to move forward.

Even if I do miss a shot, I'm going to be comfortable to get back up there and shoot the same shot again. Make or miss, I'm not going to be frustrated but move on to the next play.

I sometimes tell a director that I want to work with him. I tell him twice. After that if he still doesn't give me a call, I move on.

And at the end of the day, if the movie's no good, I'll live to fight another day.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

I can't go on. I'll go on.

I've been through a lot in the music industry, in life. I've learned that I have to be tough in this world.

When one must, one can.

Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.

My motto is 'Man Down,' and I have to live up to it. I don't go in looking for the knockout, but I let it happen naturally.

It's OK if you fail a few times. Just keep getting back up until you nail it.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature.

Once he was set on a task, once he made up his mind, he was relentless.