Quotes About Perseverance

At school, I had to work really hard to get a D in maths. And I wasn't slacking off; I actually did work quite hard.

I did my best, but football is not like maths: often, a lot of things out of our control affect the way we feel and the way things turn out.

No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it.

If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?

Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.

We'd grown up without any money. I mean, everything was a struggle; our lives were a struggle, and dancing changed all of that. Nothing mattered; it was the most important thing in my life.

How you lose matters. Don't be afraid of losing - it paralyzes you.

Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.

I feel like I'm a mature fighter, I have what it takes between my ears and in my heart.

You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.

I worked really hard and changed myself and became a more mature player.

The more you play Test cricket, you get to mature as Test player.

I've had to push myself and I've really matured.

I'm kind of ADD in that sense where if I start liking something, I'll just learn it to the absolute max.

I maximize every day.

I am enjoying everything football has given me, and I want to enjoy to the maximum every chance I am allowed.

You can, maybe, do something like Annapurna once in a lifetime. Then don't try to do it again.

If I lost my job, I'd get a job at McDonald's.

If I have to work in McDonalds, fine - I had a really great run and made a living at music for 20 years, and how many other people can say that?

I do know that no matter what, I know within myself that if I have to work at McDonald's, I will do what it takes to provide for my kids, period.

I've met people at the top of companies like Accenture who started off in McDonald's.

I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.

I don't think I even understand the full meaning of athletics.

When it comes down to it, you win a bunch of games or maybe things don't go the way that you plan - those relationships that you build with the guys around you last a lifetime. To me, that's meaningful.