Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes

What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back up' mentality.

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.

The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my credo in all that I do in life from battling cancer to bicycle racing.

At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I've never compromised my integrity to get what I have.

The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes.

I want to see success right away. And I want to never give up, never stop.

Fight for victory until the very last minute.

If you really want something, you just have to promise yourself that you won't stop until it happens.

We are a motivated team, and there is nothing that can stop us from winning the title. Even if I had lost, my teammates would have made up for it.

Have a dream, chase it down, jump over every single hurdle, and run through fire and ice to get there.

No matter what happens, I will always be the champion.

We want to do something important in the World Cup, and hopefully I have the chance. If not, well, life goes on, I'll keep working the same way and supporting my teammates.

You want the players in the locker room to know you as that kid that fights 'til the end, has that never-say-die attitude.

It was never an option to not succeed.

Heart is what separates the good from the great.

I like to think of myself as a very passionate person, and as very determined. So, if I set my mind on something, I definitely stop at no end to find within myself the power to keep going, whether that involves thinking of a new approach to a problem, or physically challenging myself.

Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine.

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.

Success comes to those who are willing to launch toward their goals with no guarantees of success - and persist when there is every reason to give up.

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

Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

Never give up on what you really want to do