Scottie Pippen Quotes

People's passion and dedication can conquer anything.

I love hard work and proving people wrong.

I've always been stimulated by the sense of challenge.

Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn't say, 'Go into broadcasting.' It's just what I wanted to do - I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn't.

I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile.

Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

I like a challenge.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.