Rita Moreno Quotes

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.

I've learned to be one of the hardheadedest cats in the world. I've learned that.

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.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

'Give up... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary.

As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.

All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.

A winner never whines.

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.

I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no.

When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.

What's really hard is when you're having those more difficult days, you've got to be able to dig down deep and be able to go out there and do what it takes to be the best you can be, even on the hardest days.

I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

I'm just one of those people that, if there's a problem, I want to work through it. Push through it and do everything I can. Anything.

I am not particularly disciplined, but I am stubborn like few.

It doesn't matter what kind of body you have, it's the determination and the spirit that's going to get you there. I want to prove that.

I'm not somebody who just accepts his situation. I don't give up easily.

I believe that my greatest strength is a deep-rooted, unshakeable trust to never let myself give up.

I'm just grateful that I didn't give up on myself and I just kept plugging at it.

I'm just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.

That is how I have been brought up - to never give up, never take anything for granted.