Quotes About Grit

Well, head space, mental stamina, all that stuff, like it boils down to getting it done.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

We need a president with experience and the wisdom and the grit to stand up to bullies who tell women that they should be punished for making their own decisions.

I stand up all four quarters even when I'm not playing.

The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner.

Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.

Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make.

There's nothing a man can't do if the spirit's there.

A man who is a man goes on until he can go no further—and then goes twice as far.

The man who wins is the man who hangs on just five minutes longer after everyone else has quit.

No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.

I used to hear about guys who played saying how difficult it is getting up in the morning, and now I'm experiencing it those same effects.

Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together.

Hard work is rewarding beyond gold. Sweating is living.

You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell.

Y]ou have an inner strength that makes it possible for you to do things other people couldn't even begin to think of doing.

I try not to spend too much time worrying about how "hard" my life is. Of course, it's kind of difficult not to think about it at least part of the time. What else is there for me to do? For the most part, though, I just live and try not to bitch to myself too much about the bad-news stuff of my life. Bitching doesn't change anything.

You can just about always stand more 'n you think you can.

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.

For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.

Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.