Carlos Pena Jr. Quotes

When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do, if you can focus, and work, then in the end, you will end up doing it. No matter what happens, if you don't give up, you will still succeed.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.

I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.

Being a writer, writing for a living, is one long persistence game. Everyone wants you to quit. Quite often, you want to quit. You get kicked down. You come up swinging. You keep going. Either you are committed to it, or you aren't.

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated you have to fight for that and don't give up however hard it is.

The book Relentless' is an awesome book. It taught me a lot about just staying consistent, being level-headed, being relentless at what you want to do.

Don't say, 'I don't want to do this, because, whatever.' Don't give up on something. You got to work hard.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

I think it's good for parents to be supportive, to motivate, and to somewhat nudge their kids because the majority of kids will want to quit something when it gets hard - that's just their nature. Children will normally take the easier road.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

I just have to keep working hard.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.