Quotes About Perseverance

I know they don't come very often in this business, so every chance I get to step out on the field, wherever it was, I worked as hard as I could.

My whole career the work I do off the field has given me every chance to have the success I've had on the field, and that won't change.

My thing was I had attitude every night. No matter who I played, who I went against, what team, you've got to have an attitude.

No one can be their best every night.

I sleep three or four hours every night, but I wouldn't change anything.

I just want to go out there and play hard every night and do my best.

I write every night.

I go to the studio every night.

I worked every night, and I'd go 25, 35, 45 minutes, and that is what made me, and that is that I knew how to work, and I knew how to work the people.

It's tough at first. You realize in the NBA, it's not easy. Each and every night, you're playing against that player that was the best high school player, that player that was the best player on his college team.

But I'm going to play with the same passion and desire every night, and nobody's going to change that. Not referees. Nobody.

I will beat Carl Froch every night of the week and it doesn't matter if it is the best Carl Froch or the worst Carl Froch.

I did six shows a day, five days a week at Dollywood which I think really did prepare me to outwork everybody and really understand what it means to put on a show every night and the expectations that go along with that.

I base a lot off the team's success, and when the team's not playing well, you're getting your head beat in pretty much every night, it's tough to try and enjoy what you're doing.

I think when you come from a small college like I did, then you have to use every opportunity available to you.

I give everything for my team to win but the most important thing is to enjoy every second of every minute.

College coaches, you know how they are - they want you to go 1,000 percent every second of the day.

I want to make big movies - but I don't want to have to die a little death every single time I do. Until I meet the people or the studio or the business people who will let me do things a little bit more the way that I need to do them, I probably shouldn't be making big studio movies.

Every time I've ever run, I've been outspent - every single time.

I feel like I always have to prove myself every single time I step out.

There is failure in every industry; there is failure in every step. It's just that we are working in an industry where everything is just out there; that is why it looks so magnified. But failure is a part of life.

Bad Religion took a long time to develop into gold-record-status artists. Along the way we learned and applied our knowledge, and Atlantic helped us every step of the way, since 1993.

I realize now that God has been with me every step of my life - through the suffering.

I played for Man City, and I enjoyed it, and I have done every time I have played for Man City.