Quotes About Perseverance

Any time I've put extra work in, I see results.

As I get older, my body isn't bulletproof, and it's starting to break down. And I'm still young, so it's something that I have to maintain, something that I have to work extra, extra hard, just as hard as my golf game, I have to work on my body as well.

Just growing up, my dad always told me the most important point of the game is the extra point. A lot of people take that play off. It's an opportunity to make something happen, and I'm going to make the most of it.

I have to be extra careful, but I'm never going to change the way I play.

I grew up on a council estate in south London; my dad was a bus driver and my mum sewed clothes to bring in extra money. My parents worked hard and were able to save up and buy a home for our family.

I'm always trying to stay above the rest, and that's by doing the extra work.

I have lots of energy, but that doesn't happen like magic. I put in many extra hours in the gym and with the physios.

I think every player gives a bit extra when he sees that his manager is fighting, too.

I've been doing extra work but I always do. I want to feel at my best and I want to be ready when the gaffer gives me the chance.

Actors who are not accepted are the ones who have to put in the extra effort to get somewhere in their careers. But once you achieve that, everything becomes easier.

I have to look my best, so I've been going to the gym, training extra hard. I've been doing all the things that Glamazons do to look as good as I do.

There is a lot of pressure because of what my father achieved and everyone is expecting so much, but that gives me that extra drive in the gym every day to graft hard.

Each training camp I take a dog with me, when I'm running I take the dog with me. It gives me that extra inspiration and push.

Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.

I'm still a woman of color in this business and there are times when you still have to walk through extra doors and have extra things to prove.

What my dad did was extraordinary. I appreciate it more every day.

People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my ambition and settled down to a life of reading.

The math of durability in McCain's life is extraordinary.

The more emotional distractions you have the harder it is to accomplish your goals - especially at the extreme levels!

I'm kind of obsessed by Everest and all those men that mountaineer and take themselves to extreme limits.

I like the fact that when you're put into a really extreme situation, you put everything else aside. You put your ego aside and get on with it, and I quite like that.

It's really sad sometimes that you have to go to that extreme bottom to find your way back up, but it's true.

Auditioning is extremely bizarre. Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn't have it any other way.