Quotes About Perseverance

Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.

I overcame a big struggle and was able to play in the most prestigious league in the world - something that kids dream of - and play for a long time.

I pretend something scary is in front of me.

'Happy girls are the prettiest,' and to be in the camera frame makes me happy. I just want myself to keep working. I can be in front of the camera for 48 hours continuously without any breaks.

I'm not the prettiest. I'm not the best, but I win and that's all that matters in the UFC.

I can say I want to be known as the prettiest player ever but I don't control that, the people control that. So all I can do is show up to work every day and give my best.

It's not easy keeping a diary. You have to be pretty committed.

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

They used to say a woman would never main-event a pay-per-view. I'm pretty sure I heard that from my dad.

I want all the aspiring models out there to know that it's definitely not just a pretty face that matters!

It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.

I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.

I think I do a pretty good job of not letting things distract me from what I want to do and what I want to accomplish as a football player.

I just love fighting. I know I'm not the best, but I'm still pretty good, there's a lot of people I can still beat. What do you do. What else am I supposed to do? I have no other skills. I enjoy doing this. There's nothing I'd really rather do, you know?

When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors.

Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it.

I always set myself huge goals each year, and I'm pretty good at manifesting them, which ends up meaning I take a lot on my plate.

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.

In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good.

In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.

I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.

If you fail on your own terms, that's a pretty good way to go down.