Quotes About Persistence

The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it's not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.

Writing film scripts is the hardest thing in the world. A script has to go to five or six drafts, and you need the feedback of other people and to keep coming back with a fresh eye, honing it down.

We thought the hardest thing in the world was to get a record deal, then the hardest was to get a No. 1 record, and then the hardest thing is to stay at the top. It's a lot of work.

The hardest thing to do is dig deep and be patient about the things you're going to learn month to month and quarter to quarter.

The hardest thing is when things are not going so well and you have got to dig in and get results.

A basic truth that the history of the creation of the transistor reveals is that the foundations of transistor electronics were created by making errors and following hunches that failed to give what was expected.

I say to people all the time, it is OK to fail. Some of the greatest successes in the history of America started out as failures.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.

When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.

The most important characteristics you need to succeed in business are resilience, determination and persistence.

The most important thing is to show up. You've just got to get your butt out there.

The most important thing is to understand that this career is not about speed. It's about stamina. This is a marathon. It's not a 50-meter sprint. You have to persevere and understand it takes a lot of time. You have to know you're going to knock on 100 doors and 99 of them are going to close in your face.

I grew up riding horses and one of the most important things I learned was that when you fall off, you have to get right back up in the saddle.

There is no substitute for hard work, and the most important thing is the belief that you can succeed.

One of the things I always thought about as a young coach was finding solutions to things that happened, but the most important thing I always referred to was never giving in.

I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.

The most important lesson to remember is that failure is inevitable, but so is success, so rebound.

The most important thing is to just stay constant and not get too high or too low.

The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the business.

The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.