The Miz Quotes

I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.

I feel you can be down and out but if you are determined, nothing can stop you from winning.

It took me 11 years to get a shot at the WWE championship; not just to win it, but just to get a shot, but luckily I was able to capitalize on that and become WWE champion, but if I had quit I wouldn't have been in that position.

I didn't get in to 'Strictly' the first time, but my determination and enthusiasm shone through and got me a job on the show the following year. Don't give up and turn the no's and setbacks into a positive!

I work really hard, and have had many opportunities to give up and throw the towel in. But I never did.

The only reason I have the career I have is that I didn't quit.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Just go and keep auditioning and keep trying and keep believing things will turn around, and it always does.

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Because you've done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

Never give up, because at the end of it all we all trying to win.

I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just the beginning.

I've been in situations in my career where I've had slumps and struggles. I always stick with it and just keep working.

I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter.

No matter what your dream job is, you'll likely hear 'no' many times before you achieve your goals. Just accept that as a fact. But by refusing to accept that 'no,' you'll separate yourself from the pack.