Quotes About Grit

There's a fine line between heroic persistence and foolish stubbornness. Sometimes the best kind of grit is gritting our teeth and turning around

I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.

Hustle like you broke and keep that passion.

You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That's because of the passion.

Failing passionately is a success in its own right.

I could describe my career in two words: who knew. I was on the path to becoming a professional baseball player, but I got injured in college. When I decided to move out to L.A. to try acting, nobody was betting on me, not even my family. But it's always been that way for me; nothing has come easy.

I'm very dogged and patient.

I've made it clear - I'm not patient at all - several times.

Be patient and always keep persevering.

Without a lot of college film, a lot of people had written me off already. When the Patriots called, I was pretty happy.

I like it when hard work pays off.

I'm from the old school; hard work pays off.

Hard work pays off.

I've always been someone who has wanted to fight and to scrap for every penny I could.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with 'almost.'

I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.

Perseverance is my motto!

I've definitely been in ruts, and I think having some kind of perseverance is important.

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

There's something to be said for perseverance.

If you have perseverance, you're going to be able to push through a lot of things into some really great areas.