Quotes About Perseverance

People say, 'We remember the good times.' Well I remember the bad times.

We feel pressure from every angle to meet expectations, but the pressure also pushes us in a positive was as well.

Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep.

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.

If things aren't going so well, I try to stay positive and not give in to negative thoughts.

They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.

If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird... 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so... if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.

The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.

Everybody told me I was making a mistake by going into this business, but I know how to grow hair as well as I know how to grow cotton.

Well, I quit smoking three weeks ago and I had a hard day today not smoking.

To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

There is no formula for success. All you need to do is put in your best and be blessed with some good luck as well.

I am much pleased to find how very well I stand work & how my powers of attention & continued effort increase.

I race six events. I specialise in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, and it's not impossible, but it is hard to be able to race every single race, and day after day as well.

I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

Just like everyone else, I'm not perfect; I go through challenges as well.

Obviously, it's nice when you're having success, but this isn't going to last forever. There are going to be rough times as well, but you've just got to ride those.

You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

I don't have an MBA, I don't have a qualification in music, but I am doing both - business and music - and I am doing quite well.

I'm adapting quite well to English football with the same will I've always had.

I love all of my books. They were labors of love; I was striving to create something well done, and I do feel I succeeded.

At 21, Real Madrid or Barcelona would have been more difficult for me. If I play well enough at Chelsea, I could win my place in the starting team, and my priority is to play.

I didn't think I was ever going to be a Cup driver. When I was a kid, before I started racing in the Xfinity Series, I thought that I was never going to get a chance, and then, if I did, I wasn't going to run well enough to maintain that opportunity and keep progressing.