Quotes About Perseverance

The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far.

When God gave me the chance to compete in the Rio Olympics, I thought that He gave me the chance and I needed to give it my all.

I was happy to complete 118kg. When I lifted it, I knew my place in the Olympics was secured.

Your goal is to win a medal at the Olympics. The players who go into their second Olympics like me, know the agony of missing out on a medal.

Being injured has harmed me on and off the field in a lot of ways.

I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.

In any game, you have to work to stay in it, especially away against a good team like Southampton. It's a fantastic club and one I've said on a few occasions Cardiff City would do well to emulate, both on and off the field.

Growing up, your whole goal and dream is to make the NHL. Once you get there, you kind of have to expand your goals on and off the ice. It took a little bit of time for me to do that, but again, with age and maturity you understand what you want more and how to achieve those things.

People are gonna like who they like, there's nothing you can do about it. Just go out there, do what you do best, play your game and try to become a better person on and off the court.

I just want to keep my head down and do the right things on and off the pitch.

You have to approach every day and try and get better on and off the field.

At the end of the day, everything I've been through on and off the court, I'm the only common denominator.

I just have to stop biting my nails. I've been on and off that bandwagon so many times. I feel like it's going to be a lifelong struggle.

Football helped me build confidence on and off the field and taught me to grow through moments of success and disappointment.

I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.

Throughout my life of having Crohn's, I've been on and off prednisone when other stuff was not working.

I'm married to the girl that I first went out with when I was 16. We were on and off for years; now we're married with a kid, so I don't have that many exes.

I think that's the biggest thing, just helping me grow on and off the court. It's always what I've been about, and I think that's special.

The fans have always helped me get through good things and bad things on and off the golf course.

I've worked with horses on and off most of my life, but literally 'on and off' - flipping on them and falling off them.

When you put everything you have into making music, both on and off the stage, it can be very frustrating when the music you work so hard to create is not allowed to see the light of day.

I've been on and off with West Ham, I've had some good seasons and some not.

You have to believe in yourself. If you don't, things can go wrong both on and off the pitch.

For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch.