Quotes About Persistence

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?

I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That's what I'm most proud of. I can't go win Wimbledon anymore, so if what I've done in the past is not good enough, let it go. Because I'm certainly not sitting around thinking about it.

Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

When you are not practicing, remember somewhere someone is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win.

If you're not willing to put in the hard work, to endure and fail, there's no point. You win only if you're willing to do whatever it takes.

Everything for me is either a learn or a win. I just keep moving forward, and that's about it, honestly.

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

You can't always win - although we always try!

Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can't win, lose, win, lose.

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

It doesn't matter where we play. It doesn't matter whether the season has finished or not. We have to play the same way, stay focused all of the time and go there to win.

Win pretty, win ugly, just win.

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win.

A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.

You can't ever make the perfect run, but you can make the best run, and then you clock the fastest time, and that's a win.

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'

The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have explained before, it's a process for making it to the playoffs, it's another one to make the conference finals, another one to actually go to The Finals and win the championship.

We never give up until the ref's final whistle, we never give up we try to score one more to win the game - that's what we do.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.