Quotes About Persistence

I got kicked out of high school, went to 3 different high schools and summer school and extra night school just so I could maybe graduate and try to make it up, because I flunked pretty much my entire freshman year, mainly because I just never showed up.

No one's career is full of highs. Somewhere down the line you are going to get kicked where it hurts and it's how you deal with that.

I'm still kicking in doors to keep on going.

Dear disgruntled artists: the key to success isn't kicking down the door; it's building your own.

I've been kicking around this business for a long time.

A lot of people gave up on us, but we kept kicking and making music.

I've been kicking around in this business for 20-something years now, and there's actually few times where you can look at the piece of work that's put out there, and you can actually be proud of it.

I love kicking off. Just like anyone else, after a while, you're like, 'Man, I don't want to practice this.' But I love kicking off and I want to try to do it as long as I physically can do it.

I personally love kicking off. It gives me another chance to get on the field.

I just loved kicking a ball but I was determined to be a footballer and I wanted a professional contract, I would go to any professional club to get one. From 15, all I wanted was to be a footballer.

Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop!

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

I'm like a 'comeback kid' - you can't keep me down for long!

I fought COVID double bilateral pneumonia - both lungs - and kidney failure in my house.

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do. Growing up, my parents did everything they knew how to do to support me. My dad was always kinda my roadie; he drove me from gig to gig. But I got my own gigs. I was this 12-year-old kid, shuffling business cards, calling people, telling them I wanted to play.

Once I started writing, I realized just how much I really enjoyed it. I was kinda good at it, so I kept at it.

I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.

I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself.

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

Our nation has come so far since 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated, but I know we can do better to achieve The Dream, and that is why I keep marching on.

I felt like 'Kingdom' was earning my bachelor's degree in acting, and then 'I, Tonya,' 'BlacKkKlansman,' and 'Richard Jewell' feel like I'm working my way toward finishing my master's.

I wrote 'The Kiss' 12 hours a day for six months.

You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.