Quotes About Persistence

I acted as a hobby when I was a child but wasn't initially very good at it.

In terms of my career, it began in earnest when I was living in Boston. I started doing my own films, working initially as an editor and editing assistant - briefly - at WGBH, as an editor on other people's movies, trying to get some experience under my belt, but eventually just doing my own short films, doing them my way.

I think initially people never gave spinners a chance. They thought spinners will just be hammered all over the park.

Initially, when I started going to the gym, I would get bored easily.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

When a child falls over and gets injured, he gets back up and carries on playing. It's no different for me.

Every actor while shooting might have got injured during the shoot, and the same happened with me but I continued with work.

I learned not to fight against the many bad things in football and try to always battle through injuries. That's one of the most important things I learned.

My footballing curve; I never thought this could happen. But over the years of work, injuries, without opportunities, I've learned that deep inside an attitude builds which says: 'The moment someone gives me the chance, there's no way I'm letting go.'

I've achieved everything I've wanted to achieve, so I'm not scared of failure. I never gave up, however bad the injuries got.

It's not like I'm not constantly dealing with a litany of injuries that I have myself. If it's not one thing, it's another thing, but I've just been able to keep rolling.

Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

All the time I have a small injury or a bigger injury.

I've just had some bad luck. I've had every injury known to man. I understand how people think, 'How can this be happening all the time to Gerry Cooney?' But it did.

No matter what the circumstances are in our business - travel, politics, injury - you got to be in the game. And to be in the game, you got to work hard, and you have to know your craft.

You have to play injury time like the 90 minutes.

If I avoid injury, who knows how long I can go?

I've got that personality where I've always been determined. As a dancer, I was constantly improving and perfecting. I guess it's innate.

In any inner city, there's not a lot of opportunities, and you really have to dig out and chase what you want to do, 'cos it's not handed to you, so.

You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time.

I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

I've pitched too many innings and pitched too many years - one game doesn't make or break my career.

There are those who believe in my innocence and those who believe in my guilt. There is no in-between.

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.