Quotes About Persistence

It wasn't supposed to work - being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent. That's what made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.

We don't get to get swept up, because we have to start over every day at 8 o'clock.

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet.

In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

I live close to Hampstead Heath, so when I do have spare time, I like to raise my white blood cell count with a swim in the men's pond. It's an ambition of mine to swim in the ponds on every day of the year.

I hope I give girls an opportunity to realize that they can swim and go to school at the same time. It's not to be given up once they get out of high school. They can continue doing it for the rest of their lives.

It takes a while to master the art of hammock-lounging. At first I could only manage five minutes or so before I thought I ought to get out and go and help a child learn how to swim or something. But after observing the Mexicans' capability for staring into space for hours on end, I decided to put in some proper practice.

Both my kids are international swimmers and national champions.

As long as I'm enjoying swimming, I will keep swimming.

When you retire, you don't get fat and old. C'mon: it's like a shark. Sharks never stop swimming; that's when they die. You gotta keep moving.

I want to continue the sport of swimming. I'm not going to give up until I think it's reached where I want it to go.

I won't give up swimming, even if it kills me. I love the rhythm of it.

If I was satisfied I wouldn't keep swimming.

I'm still swimming.

I'm not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.

I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida.

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.

What keeps me going is that this I all there is. I am a comedian, and this is what I do. It's like telling a fish to stop swimming. It'll die.

I was really keen on horse-riding, too, but I knew I had to give it up to give more time to swimming.

It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes I feel like I'm slipping, and you try to come up for air, and that's how it is when looking for the next role.

Of course I danced a lot when I was making 'Swingers.' The swing music scene was big in Hollywood, and I went to places like The Derby. And, after I wrote it and was trying to get it made, I would go every week so I'd be good at dancing.

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.