Quotes About Tenacity

You can't deny somebody that's a hard worker. You can't deny somebody that just digs down as deep as they can.

Work at it night and day.

Hard work can't be ignored forever.

Work hard until hard work isn't work at all.

You have to work hard at things.

My mother always said to me, 'You're going to have to work harder and have to be better, and you can't take no for an answer'.

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.

Work harder than your opponent.

You can never give up-athletics taught me that. You must work hard, prepare, learn from your losses and continue to fight until the very end.

It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that.

I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.

I work constantly to be better at being rejected.

I always come back around. I make it work.

I want to work endlessly and tirelessly until I'm an old, old lady.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

My strategy is just to always compete. Even if they catch 10 balls on me, I make sure that they have to fight for every one of those. That's worked for me.

I have a competitive streak.

You've got to have a mean streak to be a successful, big man.

I work on holidays. I work on birthdays. I work on New Year's. I work. I keep my ears to the streets.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

I don't think my determination has ever put me into trouble because of this, in fact, I think it is one of my main strengths and makes me the player that I am - without it I wouldn't be the same.

The more balls that I hit, it's going to get better and better. Once I get a bit more confidence in my ball striking, that's when we can get down to the nitty gritty parts of the game.