Quotes About Perseverance

I've been having people doubt me all my life.

The thing about me is, all my life, the only way I've known to be better is to try to outwork people.

I grew up playing bigger guys all my life, so it's nothing different.

I've been playing football all my life.

All my life I have had to fight to catch up with people. But not in the water. That's the one place where everyone else is trying to keep up with me!

I choose fighting. I change all my life.

I've been playing going forward all my life and I hope things stay that way.

I still find time to record during the season. Offseason, I record every day until 7 A.M. - all night.

Sometimes, I make 50 songs and pick out the best 10. I've been in the studio all day, all night, making the beat, writing the raps. You never know what's gonna be a hit.

You can only stay up all night so many times.

Men can do all things if they will.

You keep the faith, and with God, all things are possible.

It is something very special when you can win a league title, because it is the one that you play all year for.

You work all year to win.

Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.

I don't train to be an All-American. I train to be the best.

You don't have to be an All-American. You just have to have character and courage, and I take that message very seriously.

Unfortunately I couldn't play as much as I wanted in Los Angeles, because I was playing behind an All-Star.

It's not like I was a one-of-a-kind talented guy at 18 who made it to the NBA and have been playing in All-Star Games ever since.

I've always put the work in to not only get be an All-Star, but be an All-Star for a long time. That's my goal.

I've always believed in myself and I've always put the work in to get to not only be an all-star but be an all-star for a long time. That's my goal. I think about these things and I feel like I have the ability to do it.

What good is it if you are a 15-, 16-time All-Star and you never won nothing? A ring supersedes all of that.

Growing up, I didn't really play in a lot of All-Star games.

My personal goal was to get back to my true form, and my true form is an All-Star player.