Quotes About Persistence

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

I'm never retiring.

I just don't see myself as retiring. As long as I'm healthy and can play the drums, that's what I'm going to do because that's the most fun thing that I know how to do.

I'm not retiring.

Retiring is the easy way out.

I'm used to bad reviews.

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I can make it.

I think efforts sometimes don't get rewarded.

We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.

You work hard, you'll be rewarded.

The actor's life isn't for everyone, but it has been extremely rewarding to me.

You cannot expect rewards without putting in hard work.

The business of working at getting work is pretty intense. But you don't get the rewards of actually working.

I give a lot of myself every day. I never get rewards. That's why sometimes, it's tough.

When you work hard, you get great rewards after that.

When I write something, I constantly rewrite.

Even when I'm 70, I'm still gonna write rhymes.

I wanted to play the drums, but I had no rhythm.

You've got the same rhythm every day just to keep you going. So once that rhythm is broken, it's kind of hard to get back with it when you got a lot of things going on.

People say, 'Oh, Rick, he's crazy.' Well, I'm crazy, and I'm not crazy... When I went to my high school reunion, I was the only one there doing what he said he was going to do. How crazy is that?

Dancing has always been a passion for me, one that I will probably never be rid of.

Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.

She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don't ask me why.

I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.