Quotes About Persistence

I always wanted to be a fashion designer, for as long as I can think of. Acting happened by chance, so I call it beginner's luck, actually. I am planning to carry on for as long as I can.

I'm not planning on doing anything other than trying to be as best I can.

In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you.

I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.

I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.

I had said bye-bye to acting, in a way, but once an actor, always an actor. Life has got other plans for me. Like, I did not want to be an actor - I wanted to be an architect or astronaut - and 'Daddy' happened, and the rest is history.

Short-termism is no good: plans must be carried through to the end.

If I am not able to execute my plans, then I feel I am not up to the mark and there has been a mistake on my part. Then I try to keep a cool head and try to do it all over again.

I'm not into dragon chasing - trying to become Bradley Cooper. I want to be a New York actor. I want to plant a flag in this community.

Mv wife opened a gift shop and I had a cleaning plant. We both lost money on them. I guess we'll stick to acting.

My whole life, I wanted to be an actor. Perhaps the seed was planted when I saw Sigourney Weaver in 'Alien', wiping the floor with the men on the ship.

I've never stopped writing, I've never slowed down just because I don't have something on the radio or a No. 1 or No. 2 record. That doesn't mean that I'm not in the studio planting seeds.

It doesn't matter to me whether it's the 12th or the 90th minute, I'll go for the ball the same way as I go for a plate of food.

When the Beatles first came out, you had to go to a certain amount of trouble to have long hair. You just couldn't have it immediately. Anything you can just go out and get - like platform shoes - is not going to inspire people as much as something they have to go through a little bit of hell to have.

It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something.

No excuses. Play like a champion.

I am born to play badminton and can't think of anything else.

We can't always play the perfect game.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.

Baseball has been something that's always been in my blood. It was just something I was bound to do no matter what. I was going to play baseball.

Give yourself a chance. Now, everyone can't play basketball. But find something you're interested in.

I just knew I wanted to play basketball for as long as I could.

I just go out there and play basketball. I'm not worried about missing. I just got to be thinking about the next shot.