Quotes about Perseverance

I don't want to seem cocky like I can't lose.

It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.

I don't know how long my body will allow me to compete, but I can't imagine doing anything else. That day will come, and I just hope there'll be a light shining down a path telling me where to go.

That's the thing, never get complacent.

When you're not winning it's easy to complain!

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.

Sometimes being a survivor is the greatest compliment you can get in Hollywood.

I want survivors to know that healing is possible.

Our people's faith is strong and sustains them even in times of challenge.

Over the course of my 13-year career, I've had a lot of concussions, and yet, because I'm no longer competing or suffering from concussion symptoms, I felt like I was in the clear. The reality, though, is that I get concussions far more easily, and my symptoms last far longer than ever before.

I had to travel long distances to train on a synthetic track, which added to residual fatigue.