Quotes About Perseverance

I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

I just feel coming from Long Beach Poly was a huge step for me to make it to the NFL.

In my long career I have experienced a lot, but never changed.

I had a long career that started when I was 17. I wrestled for 20 years, so people forget how long I actually wrestled for.

We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.

I had in mind a long career.

Any great, long career has at least one flameout in it.

I want to have a long career.

I never expected to have such a long career, it's been 52 years.

You know, it's a long season and hopefully a long career.

A lot of people see that I'm a good rebounder. And then they see the long hair and everything and they think I'm getting these rebounds because of toughness, and because I have a nose for the ball, not because I'm athletic and can actually jump.

There's a long history of people who spent that $300,000 on their first film and weren't quite ready, and then they never did it again 'cause they were out of synch with where they were, and they would never raise that money again.

I really love learning and working long hours.

I work long hours. I work very, very hard.

Long hours don't necessarily mean success.

I guess one of the main things you realize when you work as an entrepreneur is that it's long days, long hours.

I am used to working long hours with no sleep.

I have always worked long hours and very hard. It is the way I am. Same as always. Up about seven and get to bed about 12 to 1, something like that.

We work long hours during elections.

I have a long list of filmmakers I want to work with. But I have also always had this touch of reality, that if it doesn't happen, it's okay.

For a sportsperson, 1 year is a long period.

After a long period of not drawing, you have to, like, relearn how to draw. It's not very fun.

I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.