Quotes About Perseverance

Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.

When you have a tough year or a year that didn't go the way you wanted it, especially the playoffs and all that and not being able to take advantage of our team and our talent on our team, you feel that. And whenever something is taken away from you like that, you definitely cherish it more.

Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.

As long as God blesses me in the morning to get up and work hard, I'm going to take advantage of it.

If I do my job, take advantage of every opportunity I get out there and be in the right spot, the plays will come. When it does come, I've got to take advantage of it.

I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it and I don't let it take advantage of me. It's not who I am. You know, I'm James Durbin. Like I said in the beginning, I am here to show America who I am, and it is what it is.

There's this idea that because I'm a heavyweight, I'm not supposed to be in condition, that I should take advantage of the fact that I can eat. But I train and eat well, and it shows when I step on the scales.

I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I've gotten lucky - those 15 minutes have become several years.

You certainly know when you have an opportunity, and you want to take advantage of it. And it's certainly disappointing when you don't.

Forward, always moving forward, from the time I can remember - a kid. I was short, and the big guys would take advantage; I had to turn myself into a body puncher. By that time I was in reform school, they'd have a boxing match every week; they'd bring guys in from outside to fight me.

Whenever the coach gives me minutes, I'll try to take advantage of them.

I'm working a lot. Keeping my head down and focusing and trying to take advantage of the opportunities that have come my way.

I can tell you that I'm getting open and I'm trying to take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way.

When you get to the big games you never know when you are going to be back so you've got to try as best as you can to take advantage of those opportunities.

All the cliche stuff that everybody says but doesn't necessarily take to heart, that's honestly all you can do. All you have to do is put your best foot forward every time you get on the floor and stay ready and hopefully have the blessing of staying healthy and take advantage of the opportunities when you get them.

So for me, it's just continue to go out and work hard and do what I've been coached and let the other guys take advantage of what they do successfully and then just let the chips fall where they may.

You have to take advantage of every opportunity that you get and go hard.

You just have to know how to put in the work, know how to be patient, how to take advantage of every opportunity that you get.

In life, you have to take advantage of what you've been given.

I'm basically going out there every week and trying to take advantage of my chances.

I have to work and give everything and when I'm given minutes I have to take advantage of them, as I have always done.

You take care of business on the field; everything will take care of itself off the field.

The biggest message I want to get out is that a lot of us live in a bubble, and we think things can't happen to us, but they do. When it does happen to you, take care of yourself, and then get up.

I've set up my goals, and I go after them, and if I do that each day, the rest will take care of itself.