Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.

If you believe you're right...stand up and fight for your place in the sun. If you believe you can do it, hang in for the whole 15 rounds because even if you don't win, you will have earned the respect of everyone in the fight, including yourself, and in that sense you will have prevailed.

I have always tried to teach my players to be fighters. When I say that, I don't mean put up your dukes and get in a fistfight over something. I'm talking about facing adversity in your life. There is not a person alive who isn't going to have some awfully bad days in their lives. I tell my players that what I mean by fighting is when your house burns down, and your wife runs off with the drummer, and you've lost your job and all the odds are against you. What are you going to do? Most people just lay down and quit. Well, I want my people to fight back.

Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

I will get stronger. I will return.

When you're ready to quit, you are closer than you think

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.'

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

There's moments where things are harder than others, and there are obviously questions, but when it comes down to it, there is no quit in me.

Obviously understand what's at stake, and keep going. You just have to keep going, keep playing.

When you fight for something, you fight the good fight. You go for it, you never stop. You get knocked down, and you get right back up. That's what we need to be teaching these kids. For that matter, even some adults.

I like to keep fighting in the bad moments and I will never say I am done.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

If you can go through the pain period, you make it to be a champion. If you can't go through it, forget it. And that's what most people lack: having the guts - the guts to go in and just say... "I don't care what happens"

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.