Quotes About Perseverance

One day I heard Ray Charles on the radio and I found out he was blind. I thought, 'You know what, if there's room for Ray, there might be room for Jose.'

It's human nature for everyone to say 'what if,' but I try to snap out of it as quickly as I can because I'm never going to be able to go back and change what has happened.

No matter what, if I'm playing or not playing, I'm still going to be the same person, be that leader.

One thing I really believe is control what you can control so for me, each and every day I get an opportunity, no matter what if I'm with the ones, twos, threes, fours. If your number is called and you get a rep, make the best of the rep.

It really is never too late, it really is never too early to figure out your goals and dreams and what you love.

You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.

That's the easy part, to continue to do what you love, to focus, to train, there's no extra motivation that needs to be added to that.

If you do what you love, you're going work your butt off every day.

My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think. I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love.

It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

When you can't do what you love all of a sudden because of an uncontrollable situation, it sucks.

At the end of the day, if you're still kickin', and you're still doin' what you love, and you still have a dream, that's all you need.

Obviously, this is a job, it's a grind, but it's what you love to do. It's your passion.

It's one of those things, you keep showing up, doing what you do, doing what you love to do, and fortunately we win the game - because you can't get the MVP if you don't win the game.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

Find the confidence in whatever way you can to just keep moving onto the next page. The only way you will finish projects and get better is to keep moving forward.

Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.

Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.

Really, every day is the perfect day to boss up. Every day that you wake up is a perfect day to boss up. It's all about continuing to put one foot in front of the next. That's what it's about. Whatever you think you're going through, just put one foot in front of the next.

I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they're in, know that they can make do and have a better life.

With the education I had, all I could do was work as a burro, in whatever I could find: shoeshine boy, janitor, dishwasher, waiter, bartender, cashier, bricklayer, painter.

Whatever comes in my way, I take it with smile.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.