Karen Civil Quotes

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.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

Without failure there is no achievement.

You may have seen me in movies like 'Fast & Furious' and 'Avatar.' But I wouldn't have been able to do any of that without hard work and determination. You can accomplish anything if you just stay out of trouble and do the right things.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.

Success is entirely accessible, even if you happen to be a huge screw-up 95 percent of the time.

I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.

Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

Believe in yourself and never shy away from hard work.

'Victory Lap,' even the title. It's the accumulation of trial and error; that's what I represent; trial and error.

I've never met a successful person in any walk of life - from Michael Dell to Peyton Manning to Barack Obama - that when you ask that person, 'Hey, how did you get here, and what was your road like?' They say, 'You know what? It was really easy. I slept in all the time, turned my papers in late, didn't pay attention to people and my surroundings.'

Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times you've failed at something.

My path might not be the same as everyone else's, but I had to find a way. It's not by chance. It's not by coincidence. It's because I work hard for it... and I have to continue that to be successful.

I always try to do my best. Sometimes is that enough to get a good result, sometimes not, but I never give up, and I never will.

It was never an option to not succeed.

Experience is the best teacher. I've been through a lot - going to the Olympics, going to the Finals, having a lot of good games and having a lot of bad games. It's a rollercoaster ride and I'm just happy I'm a part of it. If it was easy, then everybody could do it.

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

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.

Whatever you do, stay focused. Because any stuff is not going to last forever. Once you get a show at something, you gotta roll with it. You can't sit on your ass. You better keep working. You better stay motivated.