Quotes About Perseverance

I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.

I feel like I've matured in that area too, taking what the defense gives you, not trying to make too much. If it's two, just stick your head in there, and drive to get the two.

I realize I have to continue to work on defense. I think a lot of people have to work on defense.

I couldn't shoot and I couldn't score in high school. All I could do is dunk and play defense.

A lot of people say you can't make the league if you can't play defense, so I really play really good defense. That's something I really pride myself on.

It's not always fun. It burns inside to play defense. But you have to keep working and eventually defense is something you get used to.

My approach is always the same against any defense.

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.

I really had to create my own style, because it's kind of hard being a 6-1 defensive end. I'm really like 6-4 - really.

When you're a defensive lineman, to get your hands on the ball, it's a dream. It's everybody's dream.

You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.

That's one part of my game that never leaves - the defensive part.

We can't get down on one loss or one bad defensive play. We gotta play through it.

Every year they are making the game harder and harder for a defensive player to play.

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

I live with being bipolar, but it doesn't define me anymore.

MS doesn't define who I am.

As the leader of the Bullet Club, I can't slow down now. I am an example for everybody who thought just slapping the Bullet Club logo on you would define your career.

If you're going to do something, you should go all in and be absorbed in the process and want to do well and be OK with being really consumed by it. But at the same time, I guess the balance there lies in not letting the result define who you are as a person and your self-worth.

One play don't define a game.

You can't let games define who you are and your character as a player.

Every day, we read about athletes who let their sport define them.