Quotes About Persistence

Not everybody in this league is the most talented guy in this world, but they're able to stay in this league and make a good living for themselves because they work really hard at it and perfected certain things.

I had to play a certain way to get in the league. That's kind of where I came from. I wouldn't change a thing going back, I wouldn't change anything that happened.

These chains are not going to stop me.

Failure's a marker of success in its own right because you went out and tried something... If you really don't want to fail, go find a comfortable chair and stay there. Just don't go out and do anything.

I always thought I would be the person who sat in the chair for 12 hours. Then I realized there are only three people who do that job.

I was a senior in high school, and my mom saw on the news at work that they were having an open call in New York, and she thought it's for a musical, and maybe we should go and just sort of chalk it up to a new experience... And so, we did. We went.

Acting is always a challenge.

Riding a camel was a challenge.

I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.

I used to not back down from a challenge.

The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

Any artist should stay challenged as long as possible.

As an actor I like to be challenged all the time.

We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges.

Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.

As an actor, I love challenges.

I look for challenges. I really do.

I need to learn how to face challenges.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

I just keep active - everything that's challenging me, everything that I feel like doing.

My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.

No matter what industry you're in, there will be naysayers. So you have to be your own champion.

I win for long time. I'm champion for long time - for years.