Quotes About Perseverance

I came along the decade after the generation where a lot of heels were still getting stabbed, so I was always looking for it. I had a bullet-proof vest in a couple places.

I wanted to write 'In Harm's Way' from the young men's point of view of being in a raft, or hanging in a life vest with just their nose poking above the water.

Steve Blake is a great vet, but when I'm sitting behind him it's just like, c'mon, guys.'

My father, Reginald Francois, was a D-Day veteran. He never submitted to bullying by any German, and neither will his son.

When I released 'Veteran' and the reception was good, it was the first time I ever worked really hard on something and had that hard work reciprocated back to me.

Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight.

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

Long before I achieved financial success and became the subject of a Hollywood film, I was a veteran, a single father, and a working person who was homeless.

I built my name on fighting so hard - I'll always do that - but I'm also trying to become more of a veteran, to be be calm and calculated and not always trying to bowl people over.

As a veteran of many campaigns, I know how important it is not let up in the last few days.

I think the one thing I have learned the most from all the veteran guys is kinda like not to dwell on a loss or a bad day.

One of the first things I learned from veteran teammates - as a minor league player in the Detroit Tigers organization - was that you do everything in your power to stay out of the training room. It's a survival of the fittest thing.

There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

As a veteran, you're a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn't really think I could get better.

I've been working professionally as an actor since I was 20. That's going to be 25 years soon. So, that's a veteran. That's a big-time veteran. I've had some great successes, and I've had some not-successes.

I believe I'm experienced, it's my third year, I know what to expect... Just stay tuned in at practice, watching in the film room, doing everything you can for your body to stay right... I don't even like to call myself an old veteran, it's only my third year, but I believe I know what it takes.

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

I'm a veteran guy. I know how to play the game. I know what it takes. Me missing a day of practice doesn't mean anything.

I was on veteran teams in Charlotte where we won 17 or 18 games. There were times that we lost by 20 for two or three straight games, then came in and watched film, learned from our mistakes. We learned about things like making the extra pass.

Losing is hard on all of us regardless of rookie or veteran.

Veterans tend to want to be ultra-prepared. They want to know everything they possibly can before running for Congress. That's great... but don't undersell yourself.

We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.

Veterans are determined to continue serving here at home, and given a level playing field, they will compete with anyone.

I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.