Quotes About Perseverance

Spending my 20s in Detroit has been incredible for me.

When I made 'Detroit vs. Everybody,' I knew. I knew this for Eminem.

I grew up in the city of Detroit, where things were just bad.

When I was 12, I was told I couldn't play with the boys anymore, and I was devastated.

In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.

Once you lose everything, what's the worst that's going to happen to you? You develop a self-assurance.

I was a late developer.

I started to music when I was about 19 years old. Most people that do music, they get training, or they develop themselves before they let their music out. For myself, I was actually developing myself and putting my music out at the same time.

In the back of my mind, when we were developing 'Next to Normal,' I always heard Alice Ripley.

The image of women's football has definitely changed. Now we've got to make sure it keeps developing.

I spent a lot of time developing my chops when I was younger. In doing so, I found that one of the hardest things was dealing with what to practice.

I've not had it easy in the past - there have been developmental record deals fall through, and I had a lot of really different scenarios and really had to understand what it means to be a business person and to find your identity as an artist.

As a craftsman, I bust my butt as much for 'Blade 2' as I do for 'Devil's Backbone.'

God is working, and obviously, the devil is trying to work, too, but it will not happen.

We all have to dance with our devils. But I lead.

I'm Catholic now, I'm Christian, watch out for them Devils.

I have devoted myself to the Rockets.

I've devoted my life to doing what I love: playing football.

Theatre requires devotion that is all-consuming. When we started out, we didn't mind working 12 hours a day. We didn't mind going endlessly over and over a scene to make it right. I was the company's costumer for the first few years, and I remember the budget for 'Balm in Gilead' was $150.

Being an entrepreneur can be learned, and that is exactly what I have done. You don't have to be born with it or have had the 'lemonade stand.' But, you do need to have the passion, devotion, conviction, and sheer will and drive to make it happen.

For me, the rules of politics are 3 Ds which stand for devotion, dedication and determination.

Dominique Wilkins

People think you get tired quickly when you are a diabetic. But I have taken about 190 wickets in One Day International matches after I was diagnosed for diabetes, and lots even in Test cricket, and never got tired.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.