Quotes About Perseverance

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you don't give up.

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.

Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might.

The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.