Quotes About Persistence

At the beginning of my career, it was very hard to go up. Now, it's very hard to stay on top. You have to stay there, and I want to stay there so badly. I'm still standing.

Palms are like cockroaches. They were here long before us, and they'll be here long after us. They're the only things standing after a hurricane.

There were times when I was working three jobs at one time, and I was still auditioning just to make ends meet, and I was hoping that something was going to come through. Especially after you have two degrees, standing solid through the process is sometimes the hardest part because there is no guarantee.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.

There's this joy that comes from sitting down to solve a problem and standing up when it's done and good. Building a company or managing people is never just done.

The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.

I am no longer 20 or 21 years old, so I cannot afford to sit around waiting for my chance. I am 29 years old, and I want to play, play, and play. I am not crazy; I don't want to sit in the stands.

I got used to playing at half-empty stadiums at Al Sadd. There was no one in the stands in Qatar.

I played in JV games on Saturday mornings when my mom was the only person in the stands.

I can't imagine a time I don't want to do standup.

Before I started doing standup, I knew that I had what it takes to develop an act. I went down to clubs with not many people there, and I just worked on it, man. A lot of my friends are comedians, so that part had a lot of encouragement, even though the shows were very caveman-like.

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.

Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.

Standup comedy is inordinately difficult. If doing something else for a living will make you equally happy, choose that instead. I'm serious. Comedy is punishing.

Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off.

No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.

The Invisible Man, who said to his wife, I don't care if it looks silly, don't stop! Never got a dinner!

The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner.

I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.

The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.

There are dreams stronger than death. Men and women die holding these dreams.

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.