Quotes About Persistence

You have to work more than your adversary.

You're going to face adversity. It's not if - it's when.

There's always going to be adversity.

I've had to fight through a lot of adversity, but I just kept fighting.

Advertising is what I do. It's got me everything I have, and I'm not going to leave it.

The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.

My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110 percent and don't give up!

I didn't think too much about people who didn't believe in me. It hasn't really affected me.

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

I'm not afraid to work.

If somebody says my ideas aren't good in the afternoon, I can go to a club that night and try to prove them wrong.

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is who I am. The choice is how good you are going to be at it and how hard you are going to work.

When I was seven, my mom would come home every day, and I would have the phone book open to talent agencies, and I would have them highlighted.

I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.

I was working with Prahlad Kakkar's ad agency. Somebody saw me there and 'Shanti' happened.

No artist gets work through an agency and it's only working artists who keep getting more work.

I moved to London to get an agent, though that took a while - everyone said no, understandably.

My game is to attack. If I'm aggressive, I'm at my best.

I'll just continue to be aggressive. That's my thing.

My aim is to give the best of myself.

On the other hand, always aim to be the best in what you do and give 100%.

Everything I do, I want it to be perfect. I know it can't be like that every time - but that is my aim.

I think everyone in this league should aim to become good enough to shoot for the MVP. Not everyone can do it, but you've gotta try your hardest.