Quotes About Perseverance

You just have your teammates and yourself out there to pick you up, so just kind of shows you how strong you really can be.

For me, Ramadan is not an easy time because it's a time when I need to work much harder, because I need to help my teammates. That's the way I see things.

I spent three weeks lamenting, ruminating and praying because football had been part of my life since age 6. Then I moved on. I'm glad I always had another clear plan. Several of my FSU teammates did not and do not. It's hard to leave a sport that is embedded in you.

First I was still excited and elated about winning the Rhodes scholarship. That was an amazing feat. But then I put my iPod on and started listening to my pre-game music and started to switch my mind to football and was just hoping that the jet would land as quickly as possible so that I could get on the field and help my teammates win the game.

I think I've worked hard for everything that's happened but I know I've had a lot of support from family, friends, and even at Florida State. My coaches and teammates have supported me in everything I've wanted to accomplish.

I really enjoyed being with my teammates and representing Mexico, but I didn't go where I wanted to go.

I must continue to work hard to help my teammates. Competition always exists in football.

I never put a ceiling on myself, I never put a ceiling on my teammates or my team.

You want to go out there and you want to show up for your teammates every Sunday, and you do everything you can to make sure that happens.

I began my journey as a captain when I was just 21-22 and leading the Indian side for so many years has helped me also grow as a person. My growth as a person pretty much has happened on the ground along with teammates.

I don't really take punishment from fights; the punishment is from the training, from my teammates.

I just focus on what I can do myself, which is work hard and try to compete with the teammates I have.

I've never been on the road and got cheered for, or even one of my teammates get cheered for by the opposing team.

If you stay around in the NBA long enough, you're going to bounce around, your teammates are going to bounce around, but those friendships, they remain constant.

It's not fun when you're losing, but it's fun when your teammates are diving for loose balls and you're helping them up and clapping for each other.

I'm not going to be depressed about my career however it ends because I've met great people, I've played with great teammates, I've played for great coaches, and I've lived out a lifelong dream. But it wasn't just about a dream of playing in the NFL. It was about a dream of playing in the NFL and winning Super Bowl rings.

Sometimes, I might not be able to show all of the work that I've put in because I've got a certain role. I've had openings and my teammates have done a great job of finding me and it's on me to convert them.

I can't wait to have my first real UFC fight when there are actually fans around and my teammates and coaches are there.

My mindset is to go out there to do anything I can to help out my teammates, be that garbage guy like that. I think I've been very crisp from that standpoint. I've played with some great guys and some great teams and some not so good teams, but I think I've drawn a lot from those experiences.

It took for me to get to the Lakers and for my teammates to help me get through that mental block that I had. Anytime I was open, anytime it even looked like I might be open, they always told me, 'Shoot the ball. We don't care if it goes in or if you don't make it. Just shoot it.'

I'm willing to run through a wall for my teammates, for organizations that I play for. So whatever is asked of me, I try to do.

Just coming here to Pittsburgh, I just wanted to prove to the coaching staff and my teammates how much I love football.

I want to be a Hall of Fame quarterback one day. By God, that's not going to be easy. I want it to be hard, hard as hell, just so I can show that I can do it and prove to myself and to my teammates that they believe and trust in me.

To continue to fight, not get frustrated, to stay together and find a way - I think that's important. I think good teams do that.