Ryan Babel Quotes

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

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.

I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.

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.

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

The road to success is long and up hill all the way

Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

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

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

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.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

There's a big difference between where I came from and the NFL. Things like this don't happen to people from there often. It just took a lot of hard work and dedication, staying on the right path, believing in myself, and having an inner drive.

When I was young, I would try to give the right answers. 'I'm going to try to slide.' But at the end of the day, I finally realized that I am going to do whatever it takes. I'm going to leave everything out there.

I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.

I pinch myself every day anyway. Everyone knows the road I have had in the game and how I have managed to get myself to where I am today.

I'm just going to have to keep working on what I have to and keep chasing my goals.

Whether it's summiting Kili or achieving my next work goal - Look forward for a moment, but then keep your head down and trudge on.

I always wanted to get better, I always wanted to be the best, and I knew from a young age, so I kept putting in the hard work and kept training around the outside courts outside my house and it paid off.