Quotes About Perseverance

I'm not here to take damage. I don't want to not be able to talk. Every single time I fight, I know that... this could be the last time that you're able to do this, the last time you're able to talk.

People have said I have brain damage, but I've passed all of my physicals, all of my medicals. They've checked my head so many times it's crazy.

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.

When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

I didn't give a damn if I went double copper, I just wanted to be a part of So So Def.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?

People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.

I play really hard. I put my body on the line every damn practice. Every day in the games. That's my passion. That's how I give to the game.

It's been a wonderful, wonderful career. It's been just a great run that the Lord gave me and I damn sure appreciate it and thank Him for it and for Him giving me the body and the ability to do what I have done for years.

Championship caliber teams don't lose two in a row and they damn sure don't lose three in a row.

I don't get much respect from the industry in general, but that's OK. I didn't get into it for respect. I got into it to make people laugh, and that's what I'm doing. That's all I give a damn about.

There are a lot of things people want to look at, pick apart my game, but if you could put any of them in my position, to do anything to make their dream come true... I'm pretty damn sure they'd do it, too.

You try to be the best you can and sometimes it ain't damn good enough.

I just feel so damn proud for the entire family behind 'Minari.'

When you see something you want to do, go do the damn thing.

I have an abdominal hernia which I tore and had operated on, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to get over. I'm gonna go on down the road, but hopefully I can get over the damn thing.

There is a battle between me and Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. We always do our best.

Dan Marino never won the big game. Does that mean his career is a failure? No, not at all.

I beat Anderson Silva and then Luke Rockhold, who was, pound-for-pound, one of the best. Now I get to do Dan Henderson, who is a legend in the sport.

My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.