Kim Clijsters Quotes

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

I'm gonna have some nights when it's not gonna come. But if you keep playing natural, it's just gonna come. I'm gonna keep getting better, keep getting better, and one day, everything's gonna pay off.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!

I remember hearing Will Smith, back when he was just a rapper, saying, 'When all the other rap stars are in bed, I'm practicing my rapping.' I try to be like that. There is always something to improve.

I want to learn how to stick around this league. I don't think there's a cheat code to it. But the sooner you find it out, the better you'll be.

Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.

I can't tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly trying to better myself. I can honestly say that my hard work paid off. My resilience paid off. My persistence paid off.

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

I just have to keep working hard.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.