Richard Sherman Quotes

The way I suffer after a defeat is not for all, because I suffer. I suffer. But those who know me know that, after this, I start stronger with more hunger, more desire, because I don't like to lose.

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.

We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.

Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.

I stay positive because it's the only way to live. When I play ball, I play hardball.

It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny."

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

The kind of music I'm dealing with is more a long-term music. Sometimes a little discourage runs along on your thought, but I am here to push it back. Discourage is a sign of weakness, and I don't like to be weak.

When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It's just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.

Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give it my best shot.

A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.

If you fall then that's not all... if you wish to be down then stay down... if you wish to be up then get up.

I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give up once, it's quite hard. If you give up a second time, it's a little bit easier. Give up a third time, it's starting to become a habit.