Quotes About Persistence

I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck.

Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.

In the lives of great men, neither did fate give up, NOR DID THEY.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

The future is much like the present, only longer.

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.

Failure is my specialty.

There's very few people go the extra mile - so go the extra mile and give it all you've got.

I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in.

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff.

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.

Acting is easier than skating in ia way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp.

Persistence is the mother of personal change

When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path.

It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge.

I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.

I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.

If you climbed one step, it means you can climb the rest.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.