Quotes About Perseverance

Despite growing up in very poor circumstances, my father had big dreams.

I always wanted to be an NBA player, and despite what anybody said, I was going to get to that point.

I was a terrible student. When I went to Sidwell Friends, there were 100 kids in my class. I was the worst student, by far. But I had a few teachers who, despite all that, believed in me.

Sometimes it just takes a little longer to get to your destination, but if you make sure to enjoy the journey, eventually you will get there.

It's easier to destroy than it is to create, but I've always enjoyed the creative aspect of the game.

I won't let anything destroy me.

There is a huge agenda behind trying to destroy me and put me down.

What I would hate to go through is what happened in the mid-90s playing in front of a half-empty theatre, which prompted me to say 'never again' when it came to Waterford. To go through that again in any of the places I call home would destroy me.

When you put a great amount of energy and hope in a big project, you can be destroyed if you don't do it.

You can only be creative so long and then you're just down and out and completely destroyed.

Wife number four destroyed me absolutely: took me down to the bottom of the barrel because I had three kids with her.

I want to help people to get to know my story and really tell them in detail what I've been through.

I honestly think the reason I've been able to improve year by year is work. Work with the team, work with my ability, focus on all the single details.

I do as much as I can. I even drive through the chase scenes several times to make sure the details are right.

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

Fans were booing me at one point. I just kept working, that's the main thing. I'm not going to let that deteriorate my game.

My back was starting to deteriorate and basically what happened was I just couldn't walk after a couple of matches here and there. I never had an MRI and I never knew what was going on in my body for so long, and then it was coming to point where I was always wrestling and not being able to walk after.

It's truly amazing to see where determination and drive will lead you.

I believe in the power of determination.

The determination that I have to be a champion - whether it's in or out of the ring - is just so amazing.

Anything is possible with hard work and determination. That's something I tell kids all the time when they ask questions.

Right from the moment I arrived at Juve, I could immediately sense the club's will to win, the determination to go as far as possible as quickly as possible.

When you look at youth, they want to aspire to somebody. You can see that with him you have to work hard, and that's what you bring if you have someone like Ronaldo who embodies hard work and determination.

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.