Quotes About Perseverance

Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

Effort is grossly underrated.

Play every game as if it's your last one

Reaching the top is a monumental achievement, but remaining there may be the most spectacular feat of all.

I am invincible, as long as I'm alive.

Where ever fear shadows.... that always means there is a light shining somewhere.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.

I think the reason why I'm the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.

Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.

The thing is, if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything.

Quitting is leading too.

Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now.

A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.

Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: See all, nor be afraid!

Very few people are capable of sustained effort, and that's the reason why we have comparatively few outstanding successes.

I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.