Quotes About Perseverance

You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.

Knowing that I might be encouraging others by facing my own difficulties is what helps me get out of bed in the morning.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

Age doesn't mean anything. Age doesn't mean I can't work as hard. Age doesn't mean I can't do as well as everyone else. It's just a factor. It's just there.

Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.

When I came off 'The X Factor,' I wasn't necessarily the biggest thing. I really wasn't.

Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.

I need that fear factor in training; otherwise, I might get beat by someone I should never lose against, all because I couldn't get up in the morning.

The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it is about the actions you take as the leader of your business.

To me, it's always bumpy, and to me, that's the joy of it. That's this game. That's how hard it is in the NFL. Really, what you did last year or 2010, as we know, doesn't factor.

There's a reason why you attach the luck factor to your hard work. You work hard in every film, but there's always that one film that comes at the right time and does the best for you.

So many months in the 'X Factor' house and sharing my room with five other girls was tough.

I know a lot of people don't count me in as a factor in the welterweight division, but they have the right to think that way. I only want my chance to prove what I can do in the ring.

One of the factors that has helped me to reach 100 games was not to lose hope.

I come from a very working class background. My dad worked in a factory for 40 years. We all put ourselves through school.

My father passed away when I was two, and my mother was just 22-years-old back then. So young and only soul to take care of three brats. We were highly in debt and our financial condition was really bad. My mother used to work in a factory, and she used to complete the pending work at home.

I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.

I'm not going to just fade out, I know.

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.

I think, a lot of times, bands will break up because their goal is commercial success, and most bands aren't going to get that: it's out of their control. If you do, you're one of the lucky ones, but that commercial success will likely fade, and you'll end up breaking up anyway.

Some guys have one good year and fade away. I've worked too hard to get here and it's took me too long to just fade away.

I'd rather blow up than fizzle out. I don't want to fade away and go down the leagues.

My passion never fades out.

If you fail, do not be discouraged.