Quotes About Tenacity

I am a fighter. I learned it at Genk in my first year when we were fighting against going down. Also, at Bremen last year, it was very difficult. We had to fight more often than not. I will fight again to earn my place.

I've been fighting in people's backyards my whole life.

Those deep, dog fights - I love that. That's why I fight.

With the fights I have lost, I always want another shot and think that I can beat them.

I can't tell you how many fights I had where I had to pay to go fight. It was a lot of them.

I have been part of fights where we have been told, 'You will not win,' and we have won.

In the military, we just don't leave fights.

Carlos Tevez is a quality player. He fights for every loose ball. He loves retrieving it. He's a fighter on the pitch.

I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.

I'm a fighter. I don't say no to fights.

I never pull out of the fights.

I've taken fights when others wouldn't.

You're never out of the game until you've lost the final point.

My goal is to play better than my seed. If I'm seeded sixth, I want to try to go to the semifinals. If I'm seeded third, I'm going to shoot for the finals.

It's been well chronicled that I've had a lot of losses in finals.

It's football - I would play with seven fingers if I had too, man.

I've had broken fingers and still played for Team Canada.

If I start something, I have to finish it. I know that's annoying - it drives my husband mad - but even if something's not going my way, I have to see it through.

I'm a one-track mind: Once I start something, I have to finish it.

Last guys don't finish nice.

We don't start a job that we can't finish... that's the American way.

With Westbrook and myself, I can see the dog that he has in him. He's got that fire that he won't back down from anybody. His game is a little different than mine because he's a fast, get to the bucket type of player, finishing above the rim and things like that.

It may sound corny to some guys but I still believe after all these years that the game isn't over until the last shot Is fired.

If I lose the ball, I want to be the first one trying to win it back.