Gordon Brown Quotes

The key to my perseverance was absolutely loving the craft of acting. I just figured that if I kept doing it, at the very least I would get better at acting. Even if I didn't become a tremendous success, as long as I knew I was improving and getting better, to me, that was success.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

I have to do what I'm doing at the time. That's the most important thing. You might lose some people along the way, and you might gain other people on the way, that's just the way it is. But nevertheless, if you're driven by something, there is no argument about it; that's what you have to do.

A lot of the lessons that are taught in football will promote success in anything you get into after football; for me, it just happens to be music. Being disciplined. Good character. Trying to do the right thing, and working hard.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you.

I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.

All great careers are carved out by the sword.

I may not be able to do it but I’ll die trying.

Until the day I die, I am going to make my body a bridge so that somebody can run across it.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going to my dream.

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.

I've always got that determination, to get back in the squad and get back playing.

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

You work hard. You have a dream. You don't give up.

When you look at youth, they want to aspire to somebody. You can see that with him you have to work hard, and that's what you bring if you have someone like Ronaldo who embodies hard work and determination.

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.

Where I came from, my upbringing, the ups and downs it took to get my career started, when I made it, I played every game like it was my last game.

I think I was just very determined, on a whole other level, just to play in this league.

I have to keep pushing and keep striving, and also keep being me on the field.

Slowly, step-by-step, I will reach my goals and my dreams.

I fell off the tour when I was younger and had to go back home and practise harder and get better.