Quotes About Perseverance

When I started engineering proteins I didn't know how hard it would be.

I'm like a one-woman protest machine.

I've been a little more fortunate, perhaps, than a lot of people have, for the simple reason that I've constantly been moving: so nobody can hit me - you know what I mean? Protesting is not the answer - not along those lines.

Every day, I would show up, and there were no kids, just me and my teacher in my classroom. Every day, I would be escorted by marshals past a mob of people protesting and boycotting the school. This went on for a whole year.

There were no Manchester United fans protesting when I left their club in 2005. I wasn't one of their most important players, so I moved on, worked really hard, got my breaks, and my career took off.

Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.

I spent much of my life dying for somebody to help me even file for a patent or make a prototype. I understand that.

Earn the right to be proud and confident.

I am very proud of rowing the Atlantic Ocean.

I'm very proud because, all my life, I worked very hard to be a football player.

I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.

I feel proud to be able to play every day. That's what makes me really happy.

One of the things I'm most proud of is actually saying I'm going to do something and doing it.

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

I never believe in going to America with my show reel and knocking on every agent's door. I couldn't even do it. I'm way too insecure and too proud.

Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.

I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

When I decided to come back, I wanted to prove to the rest of the world I'm still the best.

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

I know what I need to work on, and I know what I need to prove and to show, and that's all that matters.

Every day, you have to prove yourself and convince - move forward and challenge yourself. And doubt all the time.

I'm never happy with my performances. I always want to prove more and more things.

I know people still have questions about me. They still have questions about Ole Miss, whether we belong. With that feeling, you keep a chip on your shoulder that you want to prove to people that we are the best.