Quotes About Persistence

Everyone knows with a rookie, you're going to take lumps. Even with a first-, second-, third-year guy, you're going to take lumps until you gain that experience. But for me, it was nice to get out there and get the experience and do it. I'm a guy that has to do it.

I am trying to gain as much knowledge as I can about singing.

I always thought, 'That's just the way you do it.' You work as hard as you can for as long as you can, and the small gains you make will eventually pay off.

You cannot have lasting success if you are only looking for short term gains.

I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times.

I kind of started 'Game of Thrones' as a really young actor and not a lot on my CV.

But I'm the worst sort of gamer because I don't stick to things and I don't really care about winning. It's the same with sports and stuff like that. If it's too difficult I'll stop.

As long as there are games to play it is not over.

There are always bad games and bad afternoons.

You have so many games to play, and you can do well in one game but bad in the other ones. The thing you've got to be is consistent.

I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.

Gaming is something you have to force actively against and I will do this.

Gangs Of Wasseypur' was a confidence booster for me.

Quite understandably, people think that if there's a six-year gap or whatever, that it's taken me six years to make the album. It's not really like that at all.

I have had so many gaps that I have not been consistently working, and the thing is that you get better with more work.

There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.

I held the title for almost eight years the first time and then I lost it at the Garden. But, then I came back and took it again for another four years.

Gary Neville never seemed to know when he was beaten, and Ashley Cole never gets beaten.

I like all kinds of stories, and I usually work on several stories at once. When I run out of gas on one, I start work on the other.

You better be on the gas every day.

I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.

I think any person who is starting out in a creative endeavor is not going to be good at it right out of the gate.

My mother gave me a ball, and from then on, there was only football in my life.

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.