Quotes About Perseverance

I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost about 100 pounds and within a year gained it all back.

A lot of fighters complain, 'Man he's five pounds heavier than me.' Really? It doesn't matter, man.

I had a very long home birth. She was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out.

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

There are many, many people who have lost 100 pounds and kept it off.

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.

I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it.

I've not been paid millions of pounds for any fights. I've not made any money out of boxing.

Candidates matter. Campaigns matter. 'He can win' or 'She can't win' is up there with, 'I'm going to lose 10 pounds, win the lottery, and live forever.' Saying it does not make it so.

Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.

When I was in middle school and high school, I was over 100 pounds overweight.

My buddy lost about 100 pounds cycling. He took me on a 31-mile loop. I was hooked.

I find it so hard to lose weight: it takes me weeks and weeks of dieting and training just to lose three pounds.

I used to be 400 pounds.

Sitting on that couch eating and gaining 20 pounds isn't exactly fun - there's only so much you can do.

My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that, it opened the door for a 145-pound division.

I wrestled at 165 pounds in college. I would actually cut from 205 pounds down to 165, and it wasn't really a big deal for me. With me wrestling all of the time, my body got used to it.

I realized in myself, look, I'm a small guy. I'm never going to be 250 pounds - I'm never going to be 6'5'' - but I can get as jacked and as lean as humanly possible.

I want the big money fights if I'm going to make 147 pounds.

I never back down from a challenge and when I learned that a single drop of Krazy Glue was strong enough to hold up to 1,000 pounds, I knew I had to put the product's strength to the test for myself.

In my case, I never really thought about what it would be like in the WWE. I never thought I could make it to the WWE? especially being a Black man who is 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds.

Moving forward at 160 pounds, I feel like this where I should have been the whole time.

I lost ten pounds while shooting 'Faults' somehow and by the end of the shoot people were basically handing me stuff to eat in between takes.

My dream is to be the best fighter at 155 pounds in the world.