Quotes About Grit

He whose life has a why can bear almost any how."61

Then you ask yourself, "What could I do, that I would do, that would accomplish that, and what small thing would I like as a reward?" Then you do what you have decided to do, even if you do it badly. Then you give yourself that damn coffee, in triumph.

I will not be discouraged by failure I will not be elated by success.

when theres a will theres a way

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To press forward and hold it together when everyone else would understand if you broke down is the greatest strength

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With this life, I give you stubbornness to keep going in the face of future troubles.

You couldn't catch a mouse if leaped in between your paws!

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.

We lived in the Portland Avenue Stacks, a sprawling hive of discolored tin shoeboxes rusting on the shores of I-40, just west of Oklahoma City's decaying skyscraper core.

was sticking.

We ain't giving up," I said. "We done gone this far.

Bisogna essere duri senza mai perdere la tenerezza.

Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.

I had no ability, but I was determined to show heart.

We must be relentless and resilient.

I didn't have time to worry about the great big scar on my face, I just had to be relieved I hadn't been stabbed in the eye or the neck. I had to accept what had happened and move on and football helped me to do that.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!

I really have paid my dues. When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days, I remind myself of that.

It always gets you going when you get hit for the first time. It reminds you that you play football.

I'm a bitter-ender. It's potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I will not rest. I work and work and work until I can no longer and someone has to remove me from the premises.

When you're from Brooklyn, you've got to rep, and you've got to perform, like it's your last fight on earth.