Quotes About Endurance

I don't have one polarizing message. It is just about being consistent over the years.

On 15 July 2007, I swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice.

I was labeled 'P-E-A,' which is patient expired on arrival. I guess that's the politically correct way of saying you didn't make it.

Politicians never fade away; they just keep carrying on, you know, their class.

I do track, I run football fields, I run hills. I run until you feel like you can't run any more. I do the pool, I do anything that takes my body to the limit.

I have this image of myself as kinda like the Energizer Bunny. I get knocked down, and I pop right back up.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

I really want to drive a Porsche GT1 car - also a McLaren, if I could fit. I want to do LeMans badly. I want to do Spa, a European series with World SportsCars.

I've participated in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon a couple of times, but only in the running portion.

If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that.

We've definitely been in a few positions where it's come down to the end of the race and we've been able to close the deal, and we've definitely been in position where we've lost a few.

You can get suckered into believing you have to always be attacking with the bat, ball or fielding positions. But Test cricket is not always like that. There are times when it is a bit slow paced and even a bit boring.

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.

When you get out of the car after the feeling that you have after leading the race, and the car fails, it's pretty hard to say positive things all the time.

The biggest thing I possess is infinite patience. Once you are patient, things fall in place.

You have to stay disciplined from the start of the game to the end of the game, from the start of the possession to the end of the possession.

Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?

At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.

I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

I try to be active and to keep my body in the best shape I can possibly be in.

I want to get stronger. I want to get slimmer. I'm already slimmer, but I want to get some muscles so I can fight all these guys in the post.

Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning.

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

The nice thing about 'Arrow' is we never say never on the show. Hopefully the show will have a nice long life, and all manner of things can potentially happen.