Quotes About Persistence

I'm convinced that if my goal hadn't been to be in the absolute best category I can, I would not have been able to be for 26 years the number one in the ladies' category.

That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.

I think I laid it all out there for 19 years, and you don't always achieve all the goals that you shoot for.

Bradley Wright-Phillips

With hard work and some good help, I eventually landed an exclusive interview with Auma Obama, President Obama's half-sister.

Sometimes you feel all alone. You come out of a meeting, and something sexist has been said to you: That movie will never be made with that female lead. And you think, 'How am I ever gonna get another job?' When you hear other women having the same experiences, it makes you feel like, 'Well, I'm gonna keep going, and we're gonna fight this system.'

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

Yes, I was a footballer, but there's more to me than meets the eye. I've got more levels. So many levels. I'm not going away - and I'm going to keep on talking until things start changing.

If you seek learning, it meets you somewhere down the road.

I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.

I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody.

I feel like I'm the most forgiven actress I can think of, probably because of this short memory people have!

You have to have a mentality, you can't fail. You have to do it. That's what's helped me a lot.

Every time I make a record, it's make-or-break time. I hope I always have that mentality - that's what keeps me fired up.

I hate canceling anything, I'm 'the show must go on' mentality. If you can crawl, you can take the stage.

You gotta grind, you gotta make your way. Everybody's got their grind mentality in Memphis.

My mentality as a competitor will never change.

It's like this: I've had the same mentality since I was five years old.

My mentality as a competitor never changes.

My mentality from the day I started playing sports was that you get up, you dust yourself off and you do it again.

I want to win every time, this mentality will be with me for the rest of my life.

I think any time you put in a lot of work and you're trying to believe in a process, be dedicated to that one-percent-better mentality, you need to understand you may not see the fruit to your labor tomorrow or the next day or the next week.

I'm very strong mentally. I have a lot of character. I never give in; I always have the drive to keep going and to work hard to achieve my goals.

Mentally, I don't think there's anything that can discourage me.