Quotes About Tenacity

No wonder the man wins all his battles: He doesn't recognize defeat!

There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion; whenever it fails it never recovers, but either breaks like iron or crumbles sulkily away like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest; their suffering and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.

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we came through the depression by the skin of our teeth;

To be successful, we need a method whereby we can remain steadfast on our course.

Winning is not life, fighting for third place is.

Impossible' isn't in my vocabulary," said Serge.

A man can be destroyed but not defeated!" Jethro lifted his beer and drained it all at once and then looked at the can. "I have drunk you, beer, and I thank you. We are now one….

What makes you a football player is getting up after you get knocked down, or going out to catch another pass after you just dropped one. The harder the hit, or the worse the drop, the more important it is to keep going. That's the game. That's what a real football player does. If you can't do that, then you shouldn't play.

There's no reason why I should retire.

And I actually had to beg for my last tryout at NXT. Yeah, I actually had to send multiple emails to say, 'I want another tryout and there's no reason you will not hire me after this tryout.' And that was the tryout that they hired me from.

When it comes down to digging, can't nobody dig as hard as I can dig.

It would be fair to say that the start of my life in Manchester was not perfect, but there have been many other times when I've had setbacks, and I have never given up.

I am Irish, so I do like a good fight every now and then.

There ain't nobody going to run me out of nowhere.

I'm not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.

'Cobra Clutch' was to let the world know we ain't going nowhere. We got the game in the cobra clutch.

I'm nuts, I'm rich, and boy, do I love a fight!

No matter what age you are, as a fighter, your obligation is to win.

What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

There came a point where I did give up on music, but I'm the kind of person that when I face obstacles, I become more determined. It's just something weird within me.

I never give up when I encounter obstacles in my way. I just continue going until I reach my career objectives.

As an athlete, there is no bigger compliment in my mind you can pay a guy when you say he can get the job done despite the obstacles he'll face.