Quotes About Grit

But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.

I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing.

I'm a very humble young man. I've always had to work for everything that I had.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

I knew I was shot. Didn't know how bad it was. You know, in a weird way, your body kind of goes numb. You know, as bad as the wounds were - and obviously, I know now how severe it was - at the time, I guess my body had been shutting down a lot of the real pain.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.

I have tried to have a really good, positive attitude.

I tried to go to college, I barely got out of high school.

I just play hard on the defensive end. For me, being a good defender is someone who plays very hard on defense and just tries hard.

I like John Riggins. He's one of the guys I look up to. He doesn't try to change his act to suit his profession. He just gets the ball and tries to ram it down your throat. I respect that.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

I'll always keep fighting, keep being myself and be as respectful as I can be to stay as true to myself as I can and stay humble.

A true champion will fight through anything.

I learned how to be an athlete. I learned the true art of resiliency and grit.

I'm a Philadelphia fighter in the truest sense. I never quit.

No matter how I feel, I get up, dress up, and show up for life. When I do, the day always serves up more than I could have hoped for. Each day truly is a slice of heaven. Some days the slices are just smaller than others.

With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our time.

When you go through a significant injury and have a major career change, you truly do go one year at a time, and you don't look past what's going on now, because you are not sure what's going to happen. Tomorrow is not promised.

I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.

You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resiliency.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.