Quotes About Perseverance

I've heard of sweatin' to the oldies, but this was like drowning in the moldies." - Cher

In the meanwhile, people with anxiety disorders deserve recognition for their courage and daily determination to live full lives despite their symptoms.

It's always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning. Chuck Noll

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

To find a self-made man, you need a very narrow field of view.

you have to be able to survive mistakes in order to learn, and you have to learn in order to create sustainable success

Practice makes perfect, but nobody ever complains about practice with beer.

And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

Don't complain; just work harder.

All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.

No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?

My coach knew there was only one way to develop (self esteem): You give children something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

And even though I did not reach the NFL, I sometimes think I got more from persuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.