Quotes About Perseverance

I think that's the only way you can ever be truly successful in this world. You have to acknowledge that it is from above. And you have to have the confidence that even if you lose it all, things will be okay. You have to be willing to fail, and all the while work your tail off to succeed.

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

After that, they simply beat me in a blind rage, but I was no longer interrogated. Had they kept it up, I might have said things that I didn't want to tell. None of us gave anyone away. I don't know whether you should pride yourself on that or not.

Near the bolts on the door, there was a hole through which you could look to see the landscape. If you were lucky enough to get a glimpse outside without being pushed away, you could breathe a little and put your thoughts in order.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

Life is a tough proposition and the first hundred years are the hardest.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

You can do anything, be anything," his father often said, "if you're willing to accept what comes

To be defeated by superior numbers, that was only physical. To give up your spirit, that truly would be death. He

Out here we go hungry sometimes. There we would beg, humiliate ourselves, get robbed, and then starve. Now

You can do anything, be anything," his father often said, "if you're willing to accept what comes with it." All

Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.

las personas de éxito se caracterizan tanto por su intensa concentración como por sus capacidades.

Neither E=mc [squared] nor Paradise Lost was dashed off by a party animal.

Eighteen thousand miles from the moon is some slide, but I'll get up there again some way!

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity