Casey Neistat Quotes

For me, football is a quest. Quests entail overcoming hardship, trials of adversity in the pursuit of true joy.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter how long your journey is; it's whether you give up or don't.

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through to get here. Yeah, I didn't walk away with a medal or run away with a medal, but I think there's lessons to be learned when you win and lessons to be learned when you lose.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.

Even in high school, when I had injuries, I tried to play with them. When I shouldn't have worked out, I worked out.

You put a tremendous amount of energy, your whole body and soul into something, and you need to win once in a while. Otherwise, it becomes too hard.

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

The titles that I have won at a young age are a further inspiration to work hard to continue to be successful.

In a whirlwind, Reagan quickly knocked off fifty more push-ups, flipped, and did thirty crunches, then turned and landed a kick that dented the metal door. "I'm feeling sick, too, and look at me. What if Babe Ruth had said 'Time to Rest'? Or Michael Phelps? Or Neil Armstrong? Come on, guys–what are we?" "Hungry," Natalie said. "Sleepy," Alistair added. "Grumpy," Fiske said. "Sneezy," Phoenix piped up. "Shot," Nellie said.

Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.

You can never give up-athletics taught me that. You must work hard, prepare, learn from your losses and continue to fight until the very end.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

The most important thing is to understand that this career is not about speed. It's about stamina. This is a marathon. It's not a 50-meter sprint. You have to persevere and understand it takes a lot of time. You have to know you're going to knock on 100 doors and 99 of them are going to close in your face.

He conquers who endures.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Success is survival.

I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired me to join an athletics club, and 12 years later, with great coaching and the support of people who loved me a lot, I ended up at an Olympic Games.

Never give up! Never, Never, Never, Never, Never, Never!!

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.