Quotes About Perseverance

All my life I only wanted to write and play music, but it took a long time to make a go of it, and I was one of the lucky ones!

I played over 130 matches, including four finals, so there have been many great moments.

I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.

I've been through seasons where I've not played a lot of games, and its been difficult due to injuries and stuff like that.

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.

I played with a herniated disk that I didn't find out was herniated until I tore my meniscus.

We played in bars and other such establishments and anywhere where people would listen. Sometimes they did, and sometimes not. The outfits we wore were classics of the 50's.

In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.

For a long time, we just played here - Columbus is a perfect place to work your way up and maybe build a fan base.

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

Injuries are a part and parcel of a player's career.

You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.

The chip comes from people saying I'm not good enough, or I can't score, or I'm not a real basketball player.

I'm not a freak show. I'm a hockey player.

I wanted to be the best player, so I thought in order for me to be the best player, I had to guard the best player on the court.

The best mark of a player is to beat him over a long distance.

Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.

I'm just a football player.

I'm an ambitious player.

Being a bass player in these big-time rock bands is hard work.

The door can never be closed for good to any player.

I've been on my grind to be the best player I can.

I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player.

Like every player, I want to start more matches.