I don't want to take it easy.
I have to keep moving and keep working hard.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
Strike and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.
I never quit hustling.
Whoever I am up against I will give everything, like always.
Even in the minor leagues, I just said I'll get my little bit of time in here and then get out of here. I was going to try, though. I wasn't going to just give up. I was always going to try. I'm here. I figured I might as well try.
I became more aggressive, more dedicated, more intense - taking it match by match, night by night - to literally crawl and scratch my way back to the top.
The greatest lesson I've learned is that you have to fight and continue to strive for greatness, as nothing great ever comes easily.
Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it.
For as long as I am still motivated, I will keep putting my boots on and not pinning them up.
I have to just keep goin' hard, all the time.
You have to fight for the things you want.
I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.
There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.
Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.
Never give up, no, never give up If you're looking for something easy You might as well give it up.
Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.
A lot of times I had some problems, but I always had the passion and the personal motivation to keep going, to keep working hard, keep fighting for the things that really motivates me. That's all.
If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.
Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
