Quotes About Tenacity

My stubbornness of wanting this fighting career has saved me.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them.

People weren't willing to bet on 'The Commercial Guy' when they were casting movies and television in the beginning, but I stuck around, and now it's slowly starting to pay off.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

I may be plucky, but I am not stupid.

I'm not picky; I'll get it how I can take it. Submission, KO - whatever it is, if it has me winning, I'll take it.

I always go forward and try for the knockout or submission. I'm going to finish my opponent. I'm not going to try to win by decision.

I'm a guy who looks to put the pressure and come out with the knockout or the submission.

Always I try one submission. If it doesn't work, the second one works.

I was the second guy to submit Jim Miller, so I'm up there in catching guys that have been deemed uncatchable.

There is no substitute for hard work. There is a little luck along the way, but there is no substitute for really super-hard work, first in, last out.

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again.

So many great movements didn't succeed the first time, but people kept trying and trying and trying.

It don't stop 'til the casket drop.

When one door of opportunity slams shut in your face, you don't turn around and go home, boo. Oh, no. You just go through that side door, and if that's closed, go through the back door, the cellar door, the attic—just get in the damn house!

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up.

A similie: Like a duck on a June bug.

Dripping water hollows out stone, but through force but through persistence.

Failure isn't falling. It's refusing to get back up.