Quotes About Persistence

I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.'

I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.

I've got a chip on my shoulder, but that's something I've carried with me my whole life.

I like to do things that you need to chip away at.

There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted.

You can't play not to lose. You kind of have to put your ego aside and accept the fact that careers are long, and there's gonna be stuff people like and stuff that people don't like, and you try to get better every time, and always put something out that you're proud of. And let the chips fall where they may.

When I first started, all the reviews of Cold Chisel would say, 'This singer won't have a voice in six months.'

I'm a hard guy to hit and take down, and once I get you on the ground I'm going to choke you out. Even if you resist a few of the other attempts I'm going to get you one way or the other. I'm like the Boogeyman... I'm gonna get you.

My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school.

We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.

I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord.

Do you know it took me 27 years to understand the C major chord on the piano?

I said, 'I'll give myself two years. If I can't support myself as an actress within two years, then I'll go back to choreography.'

I will never leave choreography and will keep doing songs, too.

I don't feel like I chose to do music as much as I made a decision to not stop doing music.

I chose music and that's what I do.

You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is.

I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball.

I just want kids to know that, no matter what your circumstance is and no matter where you're from, you can always make a way. There's always a way out of or a way in to do something - that thing that you want to do.

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.

What is the most important is never to give up, never to give in to circumstances, to trust yourself.

It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.

When I first dropped into L.A., I wanted to be a superhero!

I wasn't born this super, superior athlete.