Jon Heder Quotes

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

I ain't going to say everything I touch turns to gold or camouflage. I've got to work hard to keep what I've got. Nothing comes easy to me. It never has.

Victory will never be found by taking the line of least resistance.

There is no progress without struggle.

When you fight -- fight to win

I keep saying my books don't have superheroes. They have ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.

The fight's the fight.

We have all lost before and we will win again.

If you have a character who wins all the time - well, if you have a character that loses and wins, it makes him more alive. Bugs Bunny, for example, didn't always win.

I wanted to create a world that presented the Smurfs with obstacles and challenges and really put them in a fish-out-of-water situation but also make them very active in getting out of their situation. Make them really the central characters.

To finally become world champion after losing out in three previous finals is very satisfying. It shows that if you stick to your goals and work hard, you can achieve them in the end.

I see all my hard fights as title fights. Every time I go in there, I'm fighting for my life.

There have been plenty of stories of people who go through adversity and had a bump in the road. The guys who persevere and continue to work hard, it turns out OK for them.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.

The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.