Quotes About Persistence

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.

I have this image of myself as kinda like the Energizer Bunny. I get knocked down, and I pop right back up.

I was always interested in writing from an early age, but it seemed so far away and inconceivable, like wanting to be an astronaut or a pop star.

I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala!

I always have a big idea. It pops up every two to three years.

I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do what you do.' It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.

You have to give every portion of yourself to it. As an artist, that is just what you do - because we love it - we were born to do it.

I really wanted to be the American James Bond when I was starting out in the business. Then I got 'Falcon Crest,' and the film portion of my career took a back seat.

As soon as you put something to bed like the 'Women' book, you're never finished. There were portraits of people that I wanted to photograph - it's an endless subject.

What's great about acting is that there's never a moment when you're like, 'OK, I got this, I understand this.' You're portraying life, and it's a craft that only gets better with time - kind of like playing a musical instrument: the more you get to play it, the better you are.

Actors like me endeavour to look for great roles and portraying them to the best of our ability. At times, it's noticed; at times, it's not.

Mindset is important, I should always think about finishing games from any position.

So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.

Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.

I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!

The biggest thing I possess is infinite patience. Once you are patient, things fall in place.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays.

You have to stay disciplined from the start of the game to the end of the game, from the start of the possession to the end of the possession.

Some games you going to play great. Some games you're not. So, it's all about moving on to the next game, next possession. Just come in there every day working, figuring out what you got to work on and see what you did wrong in either in the last game or the last season or whatever.

We all have to go into the game and play hard, no days off, no possessions off and when we get a little lead don't get comfortable.

'BMB' has opened up a world of possibilities. It has inspired me to believe that the really difficult things in life can be achieved by sheer application.