Quotes about Determination

I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to stay in the big leagues. One thing is getting to the big leagues; another thing is to stay.

I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing where an awful lot of people over a long period of time - thousands have worked this case and these issues and followed on the leads and captured bad guys and interrogated them and so-forth.

You're always going to believe in yourself, and I have to thank God for that, but it's pretty hard to believe that you can make it to the big leagues and that you can possibly get 200 hits three years in a row. I feel very proud.

I've been picked up by Big Cass and thrown down the ramp onto metal. Have you ever seen that before in this business? No, no, that's a mighty big fall from the top of the ramp, straight down to the bottom onto concrete. He picked me up over his head and thrown me 14 feet to the ground.

If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.

The tired ox treads with a firmer step.

The Roman world is falling, yet we hold our heads erect instead of bowing our necks.

High expectations are the key to everything.

What we guard against around here is people saying, 'Let's think about it.' We make a decision. Then we act on it.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.