Quotes About Endurance

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

My problem is that I have no cartilage or tendons. My 86 kilos are supported by bones alone. That's what generated the pain.

I am not really a football man but I have always supported Chelsea because we lived there. We have been through the lows.

I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

I've never had a ground-breaking hit that changed the deal. It's always been slowly but surely for me, and I've never had a moment of sheer panic when I thought I was never going to work again. So I can't really complain.

If Sherlock Holmes can survive the Reichenbach Falls, then surely we have not seen the last of Detective Sergeant John Munch.

I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end.

I didn't know what off-season meant. I could sprint barefoot, anywhere, anytime and on any surface.

Going to contests back to back, World Tour and Primes, I've noticed a lot more things with my surfing that could be improved for my heats to improve. Staying focused throughout all of those events for months at a time is hard to adjust to but definitely fun.

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

I've been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I've prevailed through it.

I have scars on my knee from an ACL surgery. I have a scar on my ankle from ankle surgery. I have a scar on my left hand from hand surgery.

Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives.

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

When it's only you that you can rely on, you're surprised at the resilience you have.

The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I'm surprised that I've been able to dance as long as I have.

I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish.

We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.

I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.

Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I'm at a level now that I'm like, 'I ain't surprised that they said this or that about me.'

Surprising people is the key to career longevity for someone like me.