Quotes About Perseverance

Arnold Schwarzenegger

There've been times I felt like, 'I don't know if I want to do this.' That maybe I should go back to school and become a special-education teacher. But I love entertaining.

I think that when you go back to school when you're a little older, you're a lot more focused.

Sometimes you fall down, but you have to pick yourself back up.

It's important to keep getting back up. It's part of the game.

I don't know how to back up.

It's nice to see the results. You work so hard and you want to see results to back up the work that you've done.

I fail at things all the time. I'm always being told no. I just get back up and try again.

Of course every player has to accept criticism and it has happened to me. But you have got to get back up.

When I'm sad, I let myself be sad, but at the same time, I've been finding ways to pick myself back up.

My father hasn't backed me in any way, and I don't think anybody has backed me.

I've never backed out of a fight in my life. That's not what I do.

I want people to look back at my career and say, 'That guy never backed down from anyone.'

Coming to Middlesex, there was one coach in particular who backed me. But outside of that, it's a pretty lonely place.

I came up from a difficult background.

I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.

The people I'm drawn to are sort of self-created. They came from backgrounds where not much was expected of them, necessarily.

I'm not afraid to tell people what I hope to accomplish and what I believe I'm capable of. I'm ready to take the backlash if I don't accomplish my dreams.

We showed people we can win with our backs against the wall. We've just got to do that more often.

I'll always be a Backstreet Boy.

One thing with Backstreet Boys, we never try to rush out an album. We always try to make quality music that can stand the test of time.

I never got in this to be a 3rd PG, or a backup. Nor did I get into this for money.

I just wasn't getting anywhere. I was still a backup musician.

If you think you're going to be a backup, you're going to be a backup.