Quotes About Persistence

The more times you go after it the more times you'll get the ball. So every chance I get I try to chase down the rebound.

I want it more. That's all it really is. Nobody wants to get hit every possession to get a rebound, and I want to.

You have to stay locked in. You're so locked in on guarding your guy you figure when the ball goes up the bigs are going to get it. But the possessions not over until you get the rebound.

Covid did affect me for quite some time but my body healed. I repaired it and rebuild it.

You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.

When you're coming up with new material, it's not always gonna be good. The only way to learn is for it not to get a laugh, so you can adjust it and come back the next day to see if it's working right. Next time, you might get a different laugh. You're constantly rebuilding.

I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength I have in that department. I have a lot of bad habits on the guitar which limits my playing ability. But I get a little better each year.

I wanted to go out there and do what no one's ever done - and that's recapture some kind of glory.

We receive by faith and we keep it by faith.

As an actor, it is okay to fall and get up. Then you can give your best. Sometimes audiences don't receive it well, but you have to take it in the right sense. It is part and parcel of being in the industry.

It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

I've never made a show that goes right on the air and is perfect. People don't remember, but the original 'Goldbergs' pilot was poorly received, and I had to retool that for ABC, where it eventually became a hit.

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.

When you receive criticism, you should take it in your side, but I've received love more than anything else, and that's what motivates me and keeps me going.

It couldn't be more satisfying to work on something almost anonymously for years, then to have it received affectionately with support.

The best career advice I've ever received I would say is honestly just to keep going, follow your passion. It does sound cliche, but honestly it's true.

My greatest accomplishment is receiving my role on 'Guiding Light.'

It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.

My husband and I had recently been in a car accident, and I came out of that experience with more clarity about my career and the energy to continue to pursue it hard, no matter what the challenges.

Actually just recently I came up with that idea, watching the movie 'Legally Blonde' and I was like, 'Cool, that's something I want to do.'

It's a good time for me, but it's only recently I've become comfortable in my job. At the start, it's hard having the nerve to call yourself an actor, let alone doing it. I gave myself two years after drama school, and if I didn't make it, then I'd give it up.

Unless I move to a desert island with poor reception, I'll never stop speaking out!