Ellen Potter Quotes

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

I have a lot of respect for my fellow young actors. It takes a lot to push forward after being told no a million times, and that was what we all have to go through. So those who push deserve respect.

I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!

And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

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.

It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour. But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.

Every little bit of hate just gees me on to do better and prove them all wrong.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

I love people who succeed in life overcoming various odds.

Before I was a champion, I failed, and I was afraid.

When you have come from the bottom and worked your way to the top, you are more grateful.

The way I look at it, every day that I'm moving forward is a day I'm not moving backward. Just the fact that I'm in the race at all is a miracle.

I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.

I always believed in myself, and even in the bad times, when I'd do bits of greatness here and there, it was those kinds of things that kept me alive and helped me to get to where I am now.

My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.

Any time that you're criticised, it drives you on, and you try to prove people wrong.