Quotes About Tenacity

Beaten paths are for beaten men.

How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.

It's hard to beat a person that never gives up.

The game isn't over till it's over.

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

I have no sense of humor about losing

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

Like they say, it ain't over 'til the fat guy swings

When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.

I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

Rest if you must, but never quit.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

Hustle makes up for many a mistake.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.