Quotes About Perseverance

When I wanted a job at Christian Louboutin, I literally printed the entrance of the store I wanted to work at on my wall and looked at it in the morning before I got up and went to work at Children's Shoes.

Prior to the 'Chappelle's Show,' you know, no one would even listen to me, in the frame of, 'Oh, he is trying to be funny.'

I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.

This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered.

At the height of my career, prior to the injuries, I never thought I could break the barrier of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray, and now I did it with everything that happened.

If you just can't seem to get ahead, you might need to check your priorities. If you've had difficulties setting your priorities, ask God to help you.

Music was never a priority for me, and I seriously do not know how I got so big.

Once I made the decision to make art despite the obstacles and to make this my priority, things just opened up for me.

I will be the first to say when I know I can't fight due to injury, as my long-term health is my number one priority.

My priority is my work.

I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have.

I'm concentrating on my career, which is my top priority. The rest will follow eventually.

What's a priority is going out there and winning ballgames every week.

Your job, what you do every day, I think it takes a high priority over anything. That was something I dedicated myself to throughout my career.

The sport is my first priority because it has given me everything.

Wrestling will always be my top priority.

When my dad passed away, the NBA became a major priority for me. It became bigger than just loving basketball; I suddenly had extra motivation. I was willing to do absolutely anything I had to do to get to the NBA.

People thought I disappeared, but I never went away. Music has always been a priority.

Why will I leave TV? For me, work is priority. The medium might change, but I, as an actor, don't.

I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.

None of my peers avoided prison. None of 'em.

If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or done anyone any grievance in your life, and you feel hard done-by and try to protect yourself and your family, but go to prison, well if that's the society we're living in, I'm happy to accept that.

It was hard to play the drums at all when I got out of prison.

I grew up in a family where my brother was in prison. My father was in prison.