Quotes About Grit

My average day on 'Leverage' starts at 5 A. M. and ends 12 to 14 hours later. An hour drive to the set and back sometimes makes the day unbearably long. You have to grab a few minutes to yourself where you can.

Stay humble, be fearless, and work, work, work, work, work, work.

I just have to stay focused and play football with a smile on my face.

Ability gets you so far, but having bottle and staying strong when you're getting pounded, staying in a game, that's a mental quality.

I'm always staying tough.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

You've got to have steel in you somewhere.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

I've been overlooked and slighted every step of the way. I think that brings out the best in me.

I remember doing a commercial one time where I stepped on a shard of glass, and I was hobbling around in swimwear. It was raining and in the commercial, when I saw it, I didn't look like I had a messed up foot.

I've loved wrestling from the first moment I stepped between the ropes. Don't know where I'd be without it.

It's a blessing and a curse. I feel like I've gotta fight every dude that stepped foot on 'The Ultimate Fighter.'

I think back into when I was in college coming out, what I had to go through, the steps I had to make. And I still play with that chip on my shoulder to this day and I always will, so that's something that'll always stay with me.

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

In retrospect I am beginning to think of him as an Atlas who lacked muscle tone but who God damn well decided he was going to hold up the world anyway.

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.

we came through the depression by the skin of our teeth;

Because even bigger than her sadness was her determination.

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

Humiliation stimulates effort

If I had killed myself I would not have experienced the fun of scoring those goals. I think it was wise not to do what I was planning.'" Soccer

What makes you a football player is getting up after you get knocked down, or going out to catch another pass after you just dropped one. The harder the hit, or the worse the drop, the more important it is to keep going. That's the game. That's what a real football player does. If you can't do that, then you shouldn't play.