Quotes About Tenacity

There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.

Annie Taliaferro had that hammerhead look about her, like a breachy range cow, or a bunch-quitting steer.

A stone, no matter how small, resists the wind.

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

I can't promise you will succeed if you stick with your start-up. What I can promise is that if you give up, you won't possibly succeed.

I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.

I'll never starve.

People like me might be small in stature, but they can also act.

I appear to have had more comebacks than Status Quo.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course.

You can bend, but never break. Stay Unbreakable!

In order to stay where I am - and I want to do that - I have to stay dedicated as well as I have been before I became No. 1.

When there is a difficult moment, you need to stay strong because it's difficult when you don't play.

Eventually I ran for the board of the WTA, lost my first attempt, got on the board my second attempt, and stayed there through most of my career.

Everyone wrote our obituary but us and the coaches and the kids who stayed with us. The obit was, 'Vanderbilt will have to leave the Southeastern Conference. All the coaches are leaving, and all the students are transferring.'

Nothing's really been handed to me, and I've stayed in the game long enough to get an opportunity that I've been hopefully knocking it out of the park every chance I get.

I've always stayed hungry.

I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films, repertory companies.

Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture.

I'm working on staying aggressive in my game and fixing all the little details.