Quotes About Perseverance

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

Sometimes, when we train, we simply have to go out to meet the Man with the Hammer

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated