Quotes about Perseverance

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave just one.

By courage I repel adversity. (Adversa Virtute Repello)

The biggest thing is becoming a better player and proving your doubters wrong.

The way I feel is I have to keep going out there and proving people. I don't want to be just a guy who has a couple of good years and then that's it.

I worked so hard for so long, filming literally 20 hours a day nonstop for several months. It was so tough - it really broke me psychologically.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

For me in the past, working out has been a real chore and a punishment. When you're down that route, you're never going to keep it up.

The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships.

I went out to California; I was pursuing my degree in genetic engineering and civil law at U.C. Berkeley, and I had to pay my way through school. I eventually got a scholarship, which was great, but in the beginning, it was very hard.

One time, I fought 90 fights in 90 days in 90 different places around the world. I didn't even know who I was: about 45 or 50 in, they just kept pushing me, and that's when I really get into a lot of trouble.

I don't think there's anybody that puts more pressure on himself than I do.

Over the years, I've really put in the time to achieve flawless skin.