Quotes About Perseverance

In New Jersey, we won in '95, but after that for four years we never had a sniff at it. The next thing you know we went on a run of three Stanley Cup Finals in four years in 2000, 2001 and 2003.

We've got lots of time. We're not winning the Stanley Cup in the first exhibition game.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii.

You can't keep a star from shining and my star's going to shine bright.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

I'd rather be a shooting star than a fading star.

I have always been active and into sports my entire life, and I've always wanted to be a star and inspire others.

Here I am: I'm a girl from the Dominican Republic. I wanted to be a star, but I really didn't know what that was or how I was going to be able to accomplish it.

I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.

Everybody is a star. It's true. And if you've got a light, don't let it go out. 'Cos some people sink under.

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life.

I've always thought about it. I've considered it when I was young. I was like, 'Listen, I'm going to fight. I want to be a star. I'm going to fight.'

My day job keeps me grounded. When I show up to work, I'm not some star fighter or anything, I'm just Stipe. I'm going to keep working in my hometown as long as I can.

In Australia, I didn't think that there was much of a chance for me to become a singer - especially to become a K-pop star.

When I'm playing 'Rock Band,' I'm like, 'Man, someday, later on in life when I'm a famous rock star...' Which gets a little harder to convince myself of as I reach middle age, but it still happens a lot.

Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.

I had some great high points and thought: 'This is fantastic. I'm going to be a huge star.' Then something happens, and you can't get a job to save your life.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I want to become a star. Failure is not an option.

To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.

I am a single mom of three girls, and I'm getting through that. If I can get through that, I can direct a whole season of television that I star in.

I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top - and never fell off.