Quotes About Perseverance

I think early in my development as a quarterback, before I ever got a Division I college offer or anything, my brother was in the spotlight, first-round draft pick. People expected me to be him, but I was underdeveloped, undersized, unrecruited... so it was tough at that point.

Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

I don't care whether I'm in the spotlight, not in the spotlight. That's not gonna stop me from doing anything.

I don't really look for the spotlight, I don't look for any of that stuff. I just want to play basketball.

There are times when you'll be up in the spotlight at the very top of the show, and you get put back down in the mix because the company is trying to keep everybody fresh and interested, and one guy can't be stuck at the top of the card forever.

Shawn Michaels was around a long time before they cut him out and put him in the singles spotlight.

My parents, my family, that's the biggest inspiration in my life. I've been in a lot of dark spots in my life, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to get out of it, but they are who they are. They followed me. They yelled at me. They screamed at me. They loved me.

My experience at Florida State helped me to have the discipline to prepare as well as to endure challenging spots.

There were so many times I was called to go do a match and drive 8 or 9 hours from North Carolina to Orlando, Florida just to go do the NXT extra spots and then nothing, which would break my heart every time, but I was just very young then.

I have amazing kids, an amazing husband, a fabulous career, wonderful parents. If I had to go through some rough spots to get to this amazing place, so be it.

Nothing is given in the Premier League, and it is tough for spots.

Every racing driver in the world dreams of making it to F1, there's only 22 spots on the grid.

Every fight has its rough spots, and I'm always looking for improve every facet.

When you go through a full season, some guys are going to get into some bad spots, and you have to stick with them because that's what they are there for, and I think part of it is building confidence.

I am the guy who always gets put in the tough spots. I'm the guy who gets put in these really dark spots, yet somehow, I shine through.

I've just been in a lot of big fights, and I've been in some good spots and some bad spots.

Before I go on selling the joy of working with your spouse, I should make something clear: Although we have a great marriage, it is as trying as anyone's.

At 19, I went to live in the Philippines for three years as a U.S. Air Force 'dependent spouse.' I lived off-base in Angeles City and had to haul water for drinking and cooking.

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it.

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.

The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

My father, Abe, was a small businessman. For 32 years, he ran an exterminating company. That may explain why our family always associated the smell of roach spray with love.

I've done everything. Selling door-to-door fire extinguishers... In bars, I used to repair those machines that have 10 different buttons on them to spray club soda and seltzer.

There's not an anti-Toto spray that will keep us down.