Quotes About Perseverance

You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

I love this sport and I absolutely love the support you guys give me; and I will continue to do it until I can't.

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.

I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.

One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.

You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.

It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.

I played many sports, but when that golf bug hit me, it was permanent.

Gymnastics has given me everything in my life. I will continue to stay involved and try to give back to the sport that has given me so much.

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.

A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do, so you can be who you've always wanted to be.

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

Rest if you must, but never quit.

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

I'm not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.