Quotes About Persistence

It's definitely a grind. Come to the gym early, leave late.

I wasn't as good as some of these guys coming into high school, going into college. I really had to grind to get my position, even still now. I'm still doing the same thing.

If you're not going to put in the effort, your size is not going to take you so far. As long as you go out there and grind and go hard, good things will continue to happen to you.

I'm more of a grinder, just get out there and get the job done.

I'm kind of a grinder.

When Peyton played, he was a grinder. I mean he was up early and late.

I can't take anything back. I've just kept grinding and kept working.

My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.

You just have to keep grinding.

I think people appreciate that I've been around so long, and I never gave up on myself and just kept grinding, and eventually I made it to the top.

Definitely inspired to keep on grinding, keep on going, keep on doing what we do every single year: Win games and put up numbers.

I think the biggest thing is to continue grinding and not let the crowds of people get in the way of you're trying to do.

We really be grinding and training every day.

There's certain points in the season - I think players go through it and teams go through it - where you just have stretches and you're stuck in a rut or you feel like nothing's going right. You just got to keep grinding, and eventually it'll turn.

Whatever you do in this business, there's going to be someone that critiques you, so you just deal with the criticism and keep grinding because that person isn't putting the work in that you're putting in.

'Dream' is about having fears and doing your best to embrace them no matter how strenuous the grip is.

I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.

I like this book by Angela Duckworth called 'Grit.'

I kept going. The decisions I've had to make, the setbacks, the feeling of having my back against the wall, I was determined that I had the grit.

One thing that's true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they're not just in love for a day or a week. People who are really gritty - they're still interested.

I'm chuffed to be getting gritty stuff.

Tough, gritty, those are things that have been in me since I was a little kid.

I had to play arena football for three years. I had to work in a grocery store for a while to make ends meet. I had to go to Amsterdam to play.

No ground gained was ever relinquished.