Quotes About Grit

Not this time.

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.

A lot of people judge you on your height, your wingspan, but it's really about the will and the determination that defines a person.

It took me a while to get used to moving and jumping in the sand. It takes a lot more effort in the sand.

Our goal is to play into late June and don't take the process for granted.

America was built on hard work and not complaining about stupid junk.

I was homeless for almost a year and a half, just living in my car or bouncing around peoples' houses, going to 7-Eleven at the end of the day and asking them for the taquitos that they were going to throw out because I hadn't eaten in two days.

I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up 'Backstage' magazine auditions and grinding.

Nothing bothers me. You can set my hair on fire, I'm still going to go. I'm just one of those guys.

People can say what they want about me. But I've got a big heart and will keep going.

Instead of letting the hard times get me down, I've learned to keep going at to look for the hidden good.

If a defender hits you and you stay down he might think he's got the better of you, so to get up and keep going is important.

I'm gonna keep going.

I'm just happy to know that no part of me thinks that I made it. Everything in me says you need to keep going, keep working.

In the second round, everyone knows I can keep going.

I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try!

Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.

I'm not aware if anyone's been told to kick me in training - but they are doing it anyway!

I'll be kicked out before I rust out.

I've had loads of kicks over the years, and I'm not really too fussed about them. I get kicked, and I don't like to roll around or anything. I like to get back up pretty quickly, even if it hurt.

When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything.

I fought COVID double bilateral pneumonia - both lungs - and kidney failure in my house.

I sympathize with every kitchen porter.

When I got knocked down, I got back up.