Kofi Kingston Quotes

I remember the first time I stepped into a WWE ring, and I got critiqued, and I was told I'd be gone in three months. Here I sit ten years later, and I'm the Intercontinental champion.

If I aspire to be the king of WWE, one day if I keep working at it, I will be the king of WWE.

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.

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

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

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.

I just have to keep working hard and keep pushing for my chance.

You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you'll get to where you want.

To finally become world champion after losing out in three previous finals is very satisfying. It shows that if you stick to your goals and work hard, you can achieve them in the end.

You don't always get what you want, but you work at it.

Anybody out there who has had a situation where they've had to struggle - when they want something so badly, but they can't quite get it - I am living and breathing proof that if you endure, if you push yourself, if you strive to be your best, no matter what, if you keep on working hard, then good things can happen.

I kept doing tryouts, and finally, after five years I got signed by WWE.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.

One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you.

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

You need an immense amount of luck and perseverance to even be on the playing field for success on a grand scale.

People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.

It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.