Quotes About Persistence

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Falling and getting back up is what brings you success.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand.

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

You only fail if you don't finish the game. If you finish you win. You have to measure what you started out with by what you overcome.

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it.

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore.

I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

A successful coach is one who is still coaching.

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

A boy shows how much he wants to play in the spring, when it's tough, and during two a days, when it's hot and tough.

Like they say, it ain't over 'til the fat guy swings

I wasn't born a world champion. I just worked really hard to become one.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

I don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.