Quotes About Perseverance

I have done prison time for 13 years without any conviction.

There are people who went to prison, died, gave their life so Obama could be president of the United States.

I'd like to think that if I were in prison for a crime I didn't commit, someone would be trying to get me the hell out of there.

When I went to prison, for three years I didn't say a word to another human being until, going into the fourth year, when I realized, 'You know what, I have to find a way to live.'

After five years in prison, five years on parole, and a total of 10 years of being in hell, I can look back on it all and say I played in four NFL games. It's incredible.

Granddad was deported to a Siberian prison camp at the age of 15.

I had a lot of friends who were also football players. Some of them ended up in prison, some of them had injuries. I think of my group of friends, I am the only one who is a professional footballer.

It's a long story, my life, growing up with my dad, my mom when she died, everything. I had bad moments in my life, my dad going to prison, I had nothing, and that's where I got my motivation.

I couldn't get on a 'Source' cover 'til I went to prison.

I thought, 'This is not going to drag me down, this is going to make me a better man.' So I came out of prison a man with a plan, determined to set up a business importing Italian ingredients.

I was just proud of myself that, even under extreme stress and adversity, I was still able to do my job and do it well. And still able to earn an income while in prison.

I am used to Suge's behavior, most of our relationship was under the shadow of him being in and out of prison and always being in trouble.

In my mind, there was never a thought that I wasn't going to find a way to get myself out of prison.

Once I understood what was going to happen - that I was going to prison for life - my end goal was making sure they wouldn't be able to keep me there.

I got my GED in prison.

For me, it was the Army or prison. I wanted to make something of myself. The Army gave me that determination, the will to win.

I've got a lot to say about my life, about what I went through in prison and about what my family went through.

People think the restaurant industry is hard and takes no prisoners, but so does baking, so does retail and so does bus driving. You can't blame your job.

Prisoners around the world have said that reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' helped them get through their ordeal. That's something to aspire to.

Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend some of the football camps. They got through some hard times, but it was for me, and that's what I've learned from them. I'm very grateful for that.

I never wrote. I also never really thought about being an actor. But when it was time to go to high school, we couldn't afford private school, so I tried out for all the special schools in New York.

My experiences in the military, the private sector, and as a congressional staffer were at times almost enough to drive me crazy. Writing offered the all-too-often-cited creative outlet.

Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing.

It's a privilege to be a football manager, even when you've been beaten or you're bottom of the table.