Mike Shinoda Quotes

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

I love the game and I want to be part of this for a long time.

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but a season - and a season is a long time.

I been in this game a long time.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

Great success doesn't come in short periods of time.

I tell people a lot of times, if you want to be a part of something, you never know, you kind of just have to be around. A lot of people don't really have the patience for it, and they don't stick around. Dre and I are still working together, and we have plenty of music for the future.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

I'm not going anywhere. I will be here for a very long time.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

You have to keep going. The main attention is for us to stay alive and stay a band. You only really become very successful when you stick together. Just keep going and reaching bigger and better.

I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.

If you don't know one thing about Kid Rock it's that he's loyal. His band has been together for a long time, he stands by his friends, and the guy still lives in his home state of Michigan.

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

People always ask me how long somebody can last as long as I've been lasting and continue to keep doing it, so I figured that people didn't really know how to do that.

I work with Garry no matter what. What I wanted to keep going was the streak.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me.

I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

It takes a long time to get good at something, so it's important to begin as early as possible so that we can improve and begin to see the compounding benefits of the work over time.

You have to prove that you know what you're doing. You have to have longevity. You have to stay around.

You need continuity. You need a commitment and continuity.

I'd be so bored if I wasn't going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I'm going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.

I've learned that sticking around counts for something.

If you do anything long enough, people can't ignore you anymore.