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Quotes About Tenacity

If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Some people fold after making one timid request. They quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers. In sales there are usually four or five "no's" before you get a "yes."
~ Jack Canfield
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
~ Billie Jean King
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
~ Dean Karnazes
I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done
~ David Goggins
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
~ Larry Bird
The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.
~ Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.
~ Rahul Dravid
True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.
~ Mia Hamm
That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.
~ Louis Zamperini
When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.
~ Lindsey Vonn
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
~ Arnold Palmer
I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated
~ Emmitt Smith
No one ever won a game by resigning.
~ Savielly Tartakower
Nobody's taller than the last man standing
~ LaMichael James
You're never a loser until you quit trying.
~ Mike Ditka
Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
~ Jim Valvano
Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
~ Rudy Tomjanovich
If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.
~ Damon Hill
You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.
~ Joe Namath
You can do more, you can always do more.
~ Dan Marino
Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.
~ Rafael Nadal
The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.
~ Bear Bryant
If you play to win as I do, the game never ends.
~ Stan Mikita