Quotes About Persistence

What's tough is being good every day.

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.

Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

I fight for perfection

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

I'm not looking for starters, I'm looking for finishers.

I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.

I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.

It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.

The strongest and most dangerous enemy you will ever face is a negative attitude. Learn to recognize when it is trying to invade your body and mind, then simply refuse it entry.

I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

Rest if you must, but never quit.

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success!

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.