Quotes about Determination

As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up.

Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn't be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

If a door is shut, go up and wiggle it a little - don't assume it's locked.

Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.

I just go out and play my best tennis.

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.