Quotes About Tenacity

I'm usually writing about survival. I never planned it, but it runs through all my books.

I fought for my survival since infancy.

We all survive more than we think we can.

I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I've survived through my love for the game.

I don't have agencies presenting me, no big production house launching me, nobody from the industry backing me. I am all alone and have spent 14 years in this industry; and I am proud that I've survived for so long without any support.

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving.

Simply surviving in this business is a feat.

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

I've always had the spirit of a survivor.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

I have a real survivor's instinct.

Stephen's the great survivor, isn't he? He just goes on and on.

I'm a survivor.

I consider myself a survivor.

For me, Jersey represents going through what you can go through and still surviving. That's the cool thing about people from the Tri-State area. We're fighters. We're survivors, and we're edgier than anyone else on Earth.

With longevity comes, 'Nothing is going to kill me; I cannot irreparably damage my career.' Those days are over. The most I can sustain are fender benders.

If the swamp gets in his way, Trump bulldozes over it.

You know, obviously I've been around for a while, so I've got a little sweat and blood equity built up.

I think if you just hang in there long enough and keep doing what you know is your sweet spot, I think the world eventually catches up to you.

In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.