Quotes About Perseverance

I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today.

I've faced a lot of struggle and been a victim of backstabbing.

I must learn to adapt, or else I'll fall victim to the negative statistics surrounding retired athletes.

I've been victimized by general filthiness on multiple occasions... I received a nasty staph infection... I was told to wait it out... a few days later I literally thought I was going to die... I ended up being on antibiotics for five weeks and, as a result, I had to back out of the fight against Machida.

Clearly, 9/11 would have to be some of the best work that I've done because I was working without a template, and that was very difficult. Having nearly been victimized by the north tower, it was difficult to remain composed and be informative.

I have a penchant for playing characters that have been victimized repeatedly and still stood their ground and still remained unembittered.

I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was uncomfortable with it.

Sometimes I feel that my message has not been clearly heard. But that is not my fault because I feel like too much is going on in terms of women being victims.

We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.

We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors.

My brother and I moved out to Hollywood initially to be a band, and where we lived, there was crime all over with my brother and I being the victims sometimes.

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.

That's one thing with stroke victims, you've got to have a goal and you cannot accept anything but that goal.

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.

Each of the top goalkeepers has a particular quality to teach me. I look at Diego Lopez, Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes, Gianluigi Buffon... they all have tremendous experience and ability, and have spent years proving they are the best.

I often find myself quoting from Victor Hugo after one of my theatrical ventures. 'Now that my play is a failure,' he once said, 'I find I love it all the more.' I first quoted that after 'Square Rounds' at the Olivier in 1992.

What I really admire are people like my daughter, Victoria, who don't give up, who have daily medical challenges and medical conditions. They go on with their lives and make the best of it, not giving up even when it's not easy.

I may not be a size eight Victoria's Secret model, but I can squat my own bodyweight, I can run a mile in a great time, I can go on a Stairmaster for 45 minutes without killing myself.

I am a 100 percent determined to be a Victoria's Secret model.

If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.

I don't really celebrate victories. Kobe Bryant just kept playing. Michael Jordan just kept playing.

I have not lost an awful lot in my life, but the defeats have taught me more than the victories.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

I want 100 victories, not just 100 fights.