Quotes About Persistence

When I went on to college, I was allowed to take flying, as my mother had dearly loved flying and her father wouldn't allow her to, so they encouraged me then to go on into my aviation career.

I've been flying high-performance aircraft for a really long time.

People get so focused on the big dream that they forget about the process.

I'm not somebody that just has one or two things in life that are laserlike focused.

I am focusing on the process of making my dream come true, which is to play professional basketball.

As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.

Folks don't always win the first time they run.

That the longer you can work and stay in people's peripherals, the more likely folks might be to acknowledge you and know that you're there.

Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment.

I'm a big follow-through person. Everything I do, and everyone I meet, I follow through with it.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

If you are going to work, you might as well follow your heart, because nothing in life is easy and if it's going to be hard, it might as well be what you really want.

Whenever any television actor looks up to me, I say I haven't done anything great; I just followed my dream.

I appreciate everything that has been done for me. After a difficult start, I've just followed my dreams.

I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.

I'm followed everywhere - it has become normal for me.

Once, I was followed by a car when I was driving. Every time I sped up, the car sped up, and when I slowed down, it slowed down. Eventually, I stopped, got out and screamed, 'What do you want?' He said, 'I just wanted to give you some flowers because I'm such a fan.' I felt awful. He was just being kind.

I followed my dream as a child and I'm loving every minute of it.

I put in my time, I worked hard and I followed my dreams.

I always wanted to become an actor. I just followed the passion step after step.

There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.

Following your heart and working really, really hard is the best thing you can do, and just try not to be too hard on yourself.

Dedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement.

I want people to know me for following my dreams.