Quotes About Tenacity

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is.

I'm a mad dog whose only concern is winning.

I don't give things up until I've conquered them and my focus went onto dancing and winning.

Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

I like winning the ball back. It's something I love.

Of course it's tough to reach the number one place and also winning grand slams.

All I cared about in tennis was winning.

I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.

Texans will not be pushed around.

I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just the beginning.

There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.

I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.

If the doors are going to close on me, it's a little late.

What I always liked best about myself was my resilience, especially in this business with all the 'no's,' the doors closed in my face.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

The most important characteristics you need to succeed in business are resilience, determination and persistence.

One of the things I always thought about as a young coach was finding solutions to things that happened, but the most important thing I always referred to was never giving in.

I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.

The one thing you've gotta do is that you need to always do the best you can do, no matter what the given situation, no matter what comes up against you. You do the best you can do, and you never give up. Never quit.

The one thing I've said before, the one thing that I've been taught is that when you fall, you get right back up. And I'm up.