Quotes About Perseverance

It's not like I was just dropped onto a snowboard and I was able to go 15 feet into the air. There was a lot of hard work that came with it. That's something that people don't really notice sometimes and the amount of sacrifice my family made.

I think I've had a bit of a stop-start career. I came onto the scene quite early, and then I paused for a bit.

I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.

Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.

Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do - don't give up.

Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door.

The Yardbirds sort of disbanded, and I was disappointed because I thought what we were doing was really good. I thought we were really onto something. I thought I was really onto something with these ideas that I had.

All of the guys I know from Jersey held onto this feeling of, 'We're always just working.'

Marking success, for me, is walking onto a court and just walking off healthy, no matter if it is one minute or two minutes.

From Day One, I've always had to work to find my way onto the court or onto the top position or whatever it may be.

You might not have the biggest budget or resources or cast, but if you have a great story, people will latch onto it.

Unless you can't take care of yourself or stuff like that, I'm always standin' for you to hold onto life as much as you can.

At the time, when I was growing up,my habits were misconstrued as laziness, not caring. But when I got out onto the pitch I actually did care about football, I just showed it in a different way.

When I am doing something I give it 100 per cent. I work on it, do it and go onto the next thing.

When I go onto the field, I will always give 100% for my team, irrespective of who we are playing against.

At Juve you always have to go onto the field ready to give your best.

Ever up and onward.

I became conscious in later life that I had been given an education that enabled me to do all kinds of jobs, but often, jobs weren't open to me.

All I can do is do my part and keep trying to open up eyes with what I did on the football field, what I did in my career. Just go out there and try to compete and shock a couple more people.

Having challenges in your life open doors for you.

Fighting is just something that's gonna open doors for things to come in the future.

I was at a point where I couldn't find an agent or a manager, and I said, 'Okay, Lord. If this is what you have for me, I need you to work that. I need you to open doors.' I was at that point of truly surrendering whatever my will was, and, 'Lord, if this is what You want, You do it.' And, He did it.

I think the key in life is to keep an open mind, so I will always try no matter what happens - in business and relationships, everything - because I don't ever want to be close-minded.

Robert Whittaker has really opened eyes, look what he's doing.