Metta World Peace Quotes

Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.'

I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant.

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

When I first started playing in a youth football league, I was the worst kid on the team. I quit the first year. And then the next year, I was still the worst kid - I didn't even play.

That's the thing with football: you have some good games, you have some bad games but the main thing is that you go back, you recap and next week you're ready to fight again. That's the main thing.

When you're told you're going to miss out, initially, that first hour after the manager's named the team, you're really disappointed. You can't imagine anything worse. But you can't show that. You've got to go out there and support the lads.

It was frustrating when the managers would change; you'd go to the bench and try to work your way back into the team. But it makes you stronger.

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

In acting, quite a lot of the time you're not the first choice. Usually, you're second or third. And it can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened. You get used to that.

I don't get cast for every job and I understand that.

I take whatever good part comes along.

I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out.

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

A lot of people have a lot of faith in Karole Armitage. They see her as bold, inventive, indefatigable. 'America isn't working out? There's always Europe. Ballet? No? Go modern. Keep going! Show 'em!'

There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in about 13 times and I was so bummed when I didn't get it. But then a month later I got cast on 'Glee,' and I felt like it was meant to happen.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

I am ready for anything that happens.

I'm open to life.

I might go 0 for 4 in a game, but I still had a chance to help the team by making plays in the field.