Quotes About Grit

It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.

Every player has a chip on their shoulder about something.

I'm just going to get out there and on court, give it my all and that's what I want to do every day. That's what I want to be known for, and that's what I want other players to know about me, that I'm never going to give up.

I was growing up in Kitchener, practising every day on my playground - and it's all about how bad you want it.

My favorite players in January aren't those living the charmed playoff life, but the guys who can get up when they're knocked down, who forget the last mistake so they can make the next big play.

We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game. You just never know if you'll have the opportunity again, so you really want to make the most of it.

If there's a loose ball, dive on the floor. If you can take a charge, do that. The playoffs are all about scratching. Whatever it takes.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

I had plenty of people pass on 'Every Little Thing.'

People ask me why I can still smile on the pitch when we're losing. I tell them that if you lose your smile and stop being happy, you should find yourself a plot in the graveyard.

Those three years on 'Loving' were instrumental in helping me move through the next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldn't come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted.

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.

You finish the damn match, point blank, period. That's it, and I always finish, even if I'm finishing on my back.

I die really well, by the way. It's one of my strong points. I just take a bullet well.

Whether it is a classy performance where you are creating a lot of chances or a scrappy one-goal win, it doesn't matter.

Talent is a very cliched word. Hard work is the key and I am a very hard working person.

It's really difficult to climb effortlessly.

It's hard, or you wouldn't like it. A lot of coaches really don't like what they're doing.

I've been yelled at by coaches since I was 12 years old playing AAU basketball.

I come from a blue collar background.

People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

I'm the kind of competitor where if I'm able to play, I've got to play.

I work hard, I don't complain.