Quotes About Perseverance

I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.

I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.

I think about fanaticism - oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so you have to be a fanatic; you have to be a crank to keep going, but on the other hand, what else would you do with the rest of your life? You gotta do something.

Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan.

After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

Yes, it was difficult - making 'The Act of Killing' in particular was a very lonely process. No one really believed in it until very close to the end. But it was also a sanctuary. I was working in obscurity.

We're a sport that was in obscurity for so long, we started to get used to that.

After decades of hauling telescopes around in the back of vans and going up to high altitude locations and so forth, I did finally build an observatory, here on Sonoma mountain.

What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

Sometimes you can fail in an experiment. But if you fail, you still don't stop observing that thing, looking for a better way.

I don't obsess over mistakes, because they do happen, so I just keep working and training hard. I just keep helping the team, which is key.

When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book!

Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She's just so amazing.

The Champions League mustn't be experienced like an obsession because, when you have an obsession, you never win!

Every little crazy dream that I had has come true, and more. And I'm always mindful that this is not a birthright, that one day I would have the chance to come to Augusta every year. Just a crazy, really, almost obsession for me.

Sometimes you don't want to abandon a project to go to another move and come back, so maybe because I have a manic obsession I stick to my idea, and I'd rather wait than do something that is not my main passion.

I am an obsessive personality. And if you are an obsessive personality, you need to be aware of it and be able to drive it with success. There are moments in your life when you are driving it well, but you shift and you shift badly and you hurt yourself.

I can get obsessive with my training, but it makes you who you are.

When I was younger, I'd be in the studio three days straight to get something right, and my manager would be like, 'Go home!' Even now, I still sleep in the studio sometimes, but I can't do it quite as often. I've got gigs; I can't have my hobo beard! But if you love what you're doing, you can't stop. It's obsessive.

I'm going to learn from every obstacle.

I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road. I want to be the man challenging.

I think that they way my parents raised me, they taught me to always follow my dreams and never give up, no matter what the obstacle.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.