Quotes About Perseverance

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.

You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

You may not be responsible for getting knocked down. But you're certainly responsible for getting back up.

Do more than believe: practice.

How many push ups do you do? I don't know. I only starts counting when it starts hurting

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains.

It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

I see so many people who don't want to try, and I say 'I don't care what I ever do, I never give up at anything anymore.' I don't care what it is, you'll never see me give up.

Good is not enough. You've got to be great.

Successful people are often times highly motivated people.