Quotes About Grit

Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what

Hard work is what magic aspires to be," she answered, her hand resting on the pickup's open driver door. "Hard work is the strongest magic there is.

Poor people knew that all good times had to be paid for.

I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.

What I do for Make-A-Wish is I make children and families that are up against some pretty tough circumstances, I let them come into our WWE universe, and I do my best to make them feel good. I've seen a lot of kids and a lot of families happy, and I think people are going to watch 'American Grit' and have emotional moments.

People all the time come up and ask how we do this or how we do that, and there isn't any secret to it. You're just getting bashed with something, and you're either a man and you take it, or you're not. People don't realize the toughness of WWE superstars.

I ain't follow nobody path; I did it my own way. It's just grindin', ya feel me? You just gotta grind.

I would love to be a grinder on some race yacht.

There will be plays where you've got to just lower your shoulder and get 1 yard.

You want to fight for everything you can get, every yard, every drive, every opportunity that you have.

I loved playing in the Big Ten, where it's three yards and a cloud of dust.

Guys who aren't going to be brought down on first contact, they'll get you fired up. When you see guys spinning away and getting extra yards, it fires you up.

My first venture was to trade bicycle parts and hosiery yarn. The initial days proved to be difficult, and I earned very little from my business. But I kept at it. Each day, when I retired for the night, I told myself that money would come in the next day.

Me not working hard? Yeah, right - picture that with a Kodak.

Writers need to be tough. This is not for the weak of will. And we have to realize that, yeah, it's never good enough. It's not like fixing a car where it's precise and we know what the end result will be definitively.

Each year, Labor Day gives us an opportunity to recognize the invaluable contributions that working men and women make to our nation, our economy and our collective prosperity. It gives us a chance to show gratitude for workers' grit, dedication, ingenuity and strength, which define our nation's character.

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

Make no mistake about it: when you're on the road Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - on the road 300 days a year - you have to be a certain type of person.

I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week.

Wrestling toughest sport. We never take day off. We never have the offseason like the hockey or the football. We work year-round, and we never complain because you fight to be with biggest company in the world and you never ask for the time to rest.

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.

New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters.