Determination Quotes

"Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success." "I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can." "We don’t quit, we don’t cower, we don’t run. We endure and conquer." "I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way—you were either in my way or out of it." "Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No ‘almost.’" "I never needed any external forces to motivate me." "When you make a choice and say, ‘Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,’ then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that—whe" "The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real." "Be willing to sacrifice anything, but compromise nothing in your quest to be your best." "I want to see if I can. I don’t know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I’m going to do what I always do; I’m going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time." "Some people wanted me to come back down to earth. To come down to their level. To relax. But I couldn’t. It wasn’t in my DNA." "Because to go where others have never gone, you have to do what others have never done." "No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been." "From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best." "A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness." "People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning." "I focus on one thing and one thing only—that’s trying to win as many championships as I can." "I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you." "I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming." "Either way, I refuse to change what I am. A lion has to eat. Run with me or run from me."