Quotes About Grit

Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

Grit, or the ability to endure, is hard to come by. It is developed only by walking through the fire and not giving up.

she was not constructed so as to rise out of pressure to any great extent.

How much schoolin' do you want?" he demanded, harshly. "If you please Uncle Jabez, all I can get," replied Ruth.

Sometimes when almost everything is wrong, one thing is so right you would do it all again.

Problems are like heavy wind,when they come accept it like a wind kissing you, your skin, which feels a cold touch!

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Persistence is a secret weapon for everyone.

I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.

Everything in New York is a fight. It's a fight to get on the subway. It's a fight to go to CVS. It's a fight to get a cab. And eventually, it wears you down.

My whole thing was I wanted to stay poised in different situations and scenarios.

I worked from 8 A.M. to 12 A.M., and sometimes until 2 A.M. There were no shifts, just a few dozen people, and we all polished glass. I didn't enjoy it.

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.

From a small market, nobody had heard of me. ESPN had guts, they had courage, they rolled the dice. A guy flew into Portland, we got a rare snowstorm, he was stuck there four days, John McConnell listened to me, and he recommended me.

When you're portraying a tough situation, you have to show some of the things in there.

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.

I work my butt off and have a positive attitude.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays.

The biggest thing for me is just playing hard every possession.

I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.

Because of my style, I always make hard work of my contests.