Quotes About Persistence

Once you kind of get into that rhythm where you grab a lot of rebounds every game, it kind of gets easier.

Some of the life lessons that my mom has taught me is that the road is not for the fastest or the swiftest, but it's for those who enjoy it to the end. Just telling you that life is not pure grace. It's like a marathon.

I have been writing since 11th grade, and have a few features that have almost gotten off the ground. I really want one of my features to come to life.

I've worked since I was in second grade.

Every once in a while, I would say, 'I don't want to do this anymore,' and I would go back to third grade, and after six months, I'd say, 'OK, I'm bored. Let's go make a movie.'

Man, I fought since pre-K. I was small for my grade, but I was tough.

I didn't go to the 12th grade... I stopped at 11.

I started to play in the fourth grade and didn't score for, like, a whole year.

Since I've been in fourth grade, all I've known was basketball.

I've been doing music since sixth grade.

I flunked three grades before I got out of high school.

Being an actor is like being a student, and I plan to get top grades.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

Getting healthy, getting into shape is a gradual process.

When you relentlessly work, you gradually get accepted.

All the classic bands that have been around forever, they came up gradually.

It's O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.

I'm working my way into acting gradually - I don't want people to think I'm just swanning in there.

It's not like at university where you graduate. Every cyclist must start again. At the end of the season you know if you are good or not.

In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there.

I want to do 'The Graduate!' When Lorraine Bracco's finished, I'm up for it.

After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is.

I was allergic to school. I was completely befuddled by school. I was trying so hard, but I couldn't succeed. I took geometry for four years, the same course over and over again, and I did not graduate with my senior class. I finally passed geometry after doing summer school, and eventually, I graduated.

I actually didn't finish NYU. I would have, but I was lucky enough to get my foot in the door before I graduated.