- Vince Lombardi
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging
- Hank Aaron
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
- Arnold Palmer
My
greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However
down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I
have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
- Bjorn Borg
Continuous excellent effort, not maximum strength or superior IQ, is the key to unlocking your potential as an achiever.
- Greg Werner (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
- Benjamin Franklin
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
- John Quincy
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
- Winston Churchill
Never, never, never give up.
- Winston Churchill
Nothing
in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will
not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination
alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will
solve the problems of the human race.
-Calvin Coolidge
- Calvin Coolidge
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas Edison
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas Edison
Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much as I did if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work. I'll never give up, for I may have a streak of luck before I die.
- Thomas Edison
The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.
- Thomas Edison
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
- Thomas Edison
It's not than I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
- Albert Einstein
In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein
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