Quotes About Perseverance

I was diagnosed with necrotizing chronic pancreatitis, and it definitely put a pause on live performances for a while.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

The road hasn't always been paved for me. People identify with that. Everybody passes through hard times, and I think that's part of my appeal - that I have, too.

Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's the way it should be. There are exceptions to that rule, but in country music, people really have to pay their dues.

I'm always workin', man. I gotta pay the light bills.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

There's some dues that you just have to pay in life.

Sometimes if you don't take the easy option, it'll pay dividends in the long run.

All I can do is make sure I show up to fight, and then they have no choice but to pay me.

I don't even pay attention to the odds, to be honest with you.

You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing.

As single-mom female inventor, there was no path for that, so really I don't think people took me seriously for a really long time. Certainly the Miracle Mop being my first successful product, people started to pay attention, and I guess now they really pay attention.

I think a lot of us think we've failed when we've put the weight back on, but when this happens. you have to pay attention because you can actually learn something. You didn't fail. You just need to stay conscious and know where you went wrong and try again.

You just keep shining a light and hoping people will start to pay attention.

You pay attention to detail. You try to win every time. You play tough. And when you play the right way and be accountable to each other, you're going to have success and enjoy the game that much more.

When I started to work in the kitchen, there's not a lot of women that were working and I didn't try to pay attention to that.

If you don't love your job, you can't maintain the discipline in playing that many years. It starts with the love, discipline and taking care of your body. Understanding the older you get, you have to pay attention to every single detail.

You know there's a lot of haters out there that are jealous. We know how hard we work. We don't pay attention to it. If you did you'd lose your mind.

I've learned you have to pay attention and stick with the game plan.

Acting has always been a strong force in my life, but it was hard to change direction. I didn't make a paycheck for two years.

I'm not just here to get a paycheck and leave. I'm here to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever play.

To see that hard work paying off is very good.

I see myself playing as long as I am partially enjoying the game and partially successful and they are paying me. But honestly, two more years is about all I can take.

I have no problem paying my dues and I have no problem going out and working the club circuit.