Nicki Minaj Quotes

I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

Doing as much as you can for as long as you can - that's the motto.

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

It's amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.

Work is the thing that stays. Work is the thing that sees us through.

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer toil can be healthy and exhilarating.

There is no secret, you try and never stop trying. If you have to sleep all day, and get up the next day, you keep trying. If you have to take 3 years away, do it and then come back. But it's all about trying. Not everything will work, but some things will, and you have to try.

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

I been in this game a long time.

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.

A quarter century of running a restaurant - that's a long time to do one thing.

I just keep working.

I will play until I can't play anymore.

Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing.

I think people appreciate that I've been around so long, and I never gave up on myself and just kept grinding, and eventually I made it to the top.