Quotes About Tenacity

I'm not so much a dragon slayer, more a dragon annoyer -- I'm a dragon irritater.

You win when you quit trying.

When you go to a dogfight, it's always good to bring the meanest bitch.

don't care how big they are, boys; they can't do anything if you get 'em up off the ground.

Ozzie's head remained

I haven't figured out how to turn it on, but when I do I'm going to be hell on wheels.

Life might be easier if you give in a little, but it's better if you hold onto something so hard you can't give it up.

Each season I find myself constantly inspired by 'The Biggest Loser' contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new, healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives.

She'd fight until she was broken. She would NOT give up.

Every day, I bang into the intolerable wall of my limits, but I just keep going on. Like a bicycle. If I stop, I'll fall.

Professional Ketman is reasoned thus: since I find myself in circumstances over which I have no control, and since I have but one life and that is fleeting, I should strive to do my best. I am like a crustacean attached to a crag on the bottom of the sea. Over me storms rage and huge ships sail; but my entire effort is concentrated upon clinging to the rock, for otherwise I will be carried off by the waters and perish, leaving no trace behind.

I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.

It's very corny, 'never give up' - but it's just a great quote that I always follow.

Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.

I've always been very determined. I don't get easily discouraged.

From a very early age, I realized why I was put on this planet: to fight.

I learned resiliency at a very early age.

The reality is that I've been counted out for a very long time and people continue to underestimate me and I continue to overperform.

You'll encounter difficulties at any job, and the best way for me to get through them is via endurance.

I think I really would have quit if I hadn't gotten 'Inherent Vice'. Or maybe I would have just shriveled up and died.

Mike Tyson is one of those guys that for most of his career and I'm sure, he decided he was ready to quit long before he got beat. Had he just quit when he wanted to, he probably would've never gotten beat. He's just a beast. I'm a huge Mike Tyson fan. You're talking about a vicious son of a gun.

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

I am not the victim, and I won't be the victim in football or life.

I have a penchant for playing characters that have been victimized repeatedly and still stood their ground and still remained unembittered.