Quotes About Perseverance

I realized I was never going to be Lance Armstrong. And in biking, if you want to make money, you have to be the best.

I'm not going to launch a bikini business and then give up bikinis, am I?

I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting.

I guess once you've seen Uma Thurman beaten up endlessly in the 'Kill Bill' movies, you think, 'If Uma can take it, what's the matter with me?'

I didn't want anyone to teach me how to hit a forehand or hit 600 backhands. I don't need that. I've hit a billion in my lifetime.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

If one job doesn't pay all the bills, don't worry. You can get another one and another one and another one.

We were in the position after our sextuplets were born that we could not pay our bills. We did the show to provide a better life for them.

Once a Bills fan, always a Bills fan.

We didn't know it was going to be a career - it was just a lot of fun. We were known as the bimbo band and never expected to last.

From as young as I can remember, I wanted to be - in order - an astronaut, a geologist, and a biologist.

I like working on my birthday, so I always do.

I always try to work on my birthday.

I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'

When things don't go your way, it bites you from within, and you have to find a way to get out of it.

You can either get bitter, or you can get better.

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.'

You don't want people to think, 'Oh, she was a person who was bitter because she didn't win.' You can't always win at everything.

You can't afford to be bitter in this industry.

Bisping will fight to the bitter end but does not love the fighting.

I'm a masochist in some ways. I look for things that I think I can't do, then, for some bizarre reason, I really want to do them. Maybe one day I'll take the easy route.

I hate losing. Whether it's marbles, spades, blackjack, whatever it is.

A lot of times, people take other people's confidence for cockiness, airheadedness, rashness or brashness, and that's the light in which they see you when you say you always knew you'd be a champion, blah blah blah. Well, you have to be confident in the sport we do. As an athlete, in general, you have to be confident.

My father didn't believe in my music. I don't blame him.