Quotes About Perseverance

I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.

I do not plan to go on cycling until I am completely tired and finished.

As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.

Cycling is a business.

I'm a bit rubbish at everything apart from cycling.

I had only been cycling for a year before I went to Rio.

It was cycling that got me off drugs. I'd get on my bike very early in the morning and keep cycling until very late at night, day after day, until it was out of the system.

Second doesn't mean anything in cycling.

My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.

You will get cynicism, and the only way to break through is keep showing people and take actions.

Dad was convinced always that I was going to be a road sweeper.

I didn't come from the sort of family where Daddy would provide - so I had to work.

I used to think I could only run if I was a certain weight. It was a revelation when I accepted that thinking like that was daft. I told myself if I enjoyed it, just enjoy it!

I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle.

We got such abuse on a daily basis. They were trying to harden us to the reality of the rock'n'roll world but how could we possibly know this wasn't the way it was supposed to be?

I know if I'm doing the right things and if I do the right work, I'll win those long matches, and the success will come itself. This is not something I think of on a daily basis.

For me, I'm always hard on myself no matter what, so that's always a thing I have to deal with on a daily basis.

The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

Most restaurant people work much harder physically, on a daily basis, than most entertainers. Though most people in entertainment complain more.

I started 'The Daily Show' when I was 22. I was going to class at Long Beach.

As a kid who illegally streamed 'The Daily Show' it has always been a goal of mine.

My parents getting divorced gave me the opportunity to play for my granddad and to meet my wife. I fell in the draft but I ended up in Dallas.

I think some guys are able to take more damage, some guys are more resilient than others.

I never did think I had brain damage.