Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.

In my case, I can sincerely say that nothing is impossible... When I was saying I want to be No. 1 of the world, and I was seven or eight years old, most of the people were laughing at me because it seems like I have one percent of chances to do that, and I've done it.

Persevere. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something, because nothing would happen.

Like I tell myself all the time, you have to keep shooting. I'm not going to stop shooting.

Be patient. Be confident in yourself. Anything can happen if you really work at it. Never give up. It‘s corny, but never give up.

I never believed I wouldn't make it - and perhaps that's why I've always found work. I've always stuck at everything I've ever done. I absolutely won't give up.

If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!

If you never give up, you'll be successful.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

I've always been very driven and knew that to get where I wanted to go, I could never give up.

You always pass failure on your way to success.

You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You can't give up. I wouldn't give up. I didn't give up - or doubt myself - in becoming a successful musician with a successful band.

People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen.

Whatever I do in life, my parents always taught me to focus on that, and they never let me quit.

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.

I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.

The more times I was turned down, the more I believed I was getting closer to making it. A lot of people in Korea say that failure is the mother of success, so I believed that more times I failed, the more likely I was to succeed.

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

At one point, I was in a place where it didn't feel like it was going to happen, and I was feeling pretty down on myself. But I stuck to it, and now I have a hit comedy on my hands. You've got to keep plugging away at it. If you really believe in yourself, you can definitely make it happen.

You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.

You're going to hit some rough patches. You're going to run into obstacles. People are going to say, 'You can't do it.' But you have to persevere. You have to keep working hard and believing in yourself.