Quotes About Persistence

I don't really take time off between records; it's a compulsion for me.

I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

It doesn't matter where you find yourself, you have to focus and concentrate.

If I'm doing something, I tend to do it in a concentrated way.

My message is always very, very clear: I'm very concentrated on the game.

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

It is all about concentration, and the more games you play, the more you concentrate.

It's all about concentration when you're tired.

I don't concern myself with where I fit in. I just keep my head down and keep doing whatever it is I'm going.

I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America.

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

I just came to the conclusion that I'm going to fight until I can't, and that's it. I'll know when that is. I'll be honest with myself.

Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.

If you get a no, your best bet is to find out why. The more concrete your business gets, the more you'll get yeses.

It's so easy to just give up or get angry with the course or the conditions, but you can't do that.

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

When an actor doesn't face a conflict, he loses confidence in himself. I always want to have a struggle because I believe it will help me accomplish more.

It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.

When it comes to being confused about what to do about life, that's been me and will always be me.

People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time.

For me, you have to prove yourself over 10, 12 or 15 years if you want to be among the best. Do that and then I will congratulate you.

You will never, I think, fully conquer the play. Every night, you see this Everest before you. It's that two, three hours and the audience, and you'd better tell the truth.

I can't conquer all the world at the same time.

At any given moment, if I see my bully, the guy who's trying to conquer me, we're going to find out. And if we could fight every time we came across each other, we would.