Barack Obama Quotes

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

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Success is not a stop sign.

I train like I never had nothing 'cause I ain't never had nothing.

Personally, I don't let my head go down; I just keep working hard.

I have had bad times, but I never lost my motivation to work and make an effort so that in the moments I got to play I could be at my best.

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

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.

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.

We in the U.A.E. have no such word as 'impossible'; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress.

I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity.

I wasn't the brightest kid in school. I was a backbencher troubling the frontbencher, and eventually I failed in my 10th grade. But then in higher secondary, there were only three people who got first division in arts, and I was one of them. So this tells you, where you put your mind and heart into, that's where you go.

Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.

If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.

Determination gets you a long way.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a way. I pitched in and dug at my work until now I am where I am.

I just have to keep working hard and keep pushing for my chance.

Without ambition, drive and the willingness to make sacrifices, I don't think you get anywhere.