Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.

For me, football is a quest. Quests entail overcoming hardship, trials of adversity in the pursuit of true joy.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

Do not let your fire go out.

It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setback. They are champions because they've been hurt. Their experience moved them, and they pulled out this fighting spirit, making them what they are. Sometimes in life, God gives us a difficulty in order to bring out the fighting spirit. Everything that happens to you can happen for good if you have this spirit. The essential thing in life is not in the conquering, but in the fight.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of no way.

I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.

All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself 'find a way,' you'll make it through.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter how long your journey is; it's whether you give up or don't.

Grit is that 'extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.

I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life.

I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.