Marion Jones Quotes

You really just have to have a good attitude, challenge yourself, and you can accomplish great things.

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers

People have challenged me all my life, told me I wasn't fast enough, wasn't smart enough, but you know what? No one's ever outworked me. My definition of tired and most people's definition of tired are two totally different things.

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.

Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

I was a sheet metal worker, then a metal engineer, then a Pontin's bluecoat, then a comedian. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it.

You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher.

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

I just want to keep working hard. I just want to keep improving myself. And I just want to prove people that I can play in the real game.

I wasn't a kid who won every tournament I was playing, and I think that helped me - it motivated me a lot to know what it felt like not to win.

Failure is a word I don't accept.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto.

Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I said, 'Yes, another rep, because that will make my dream turn into a reality.'

Determination, with an optimistic attitude is the key to success.

The secret to climbing up is to put your heart into your work.

Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted.

I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you've admitted that you're not going to succeed.

Success is the best revenge for anything. Keep ya head down and work hard to achieve.

You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way.

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.