Chuck Close Quotes

A long-term relationship is about showing up and working hard and banking on each other. If one's down, the other might be up and can help the other one up, and sometimes you're both down and you just [band] together. Endurance is a big theme of it for me. That might not sound romantic, but I kind of think that it is.

I'm kind of the long-hauler type of person. I also have a strong work ethic and gratitude for people that I work with.

Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.

Holding It Down

One of the things that I like to pride myself on is being the guy who sees the game through till the end.

The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.

[ Billy Graham ] is a hero to us all. His life of integrity. Somebody that can stick with it for that long and just stick with his message. What I love about Dr. Graham is he stayed on course. He didn't get sidetracked.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.

My record shows that I'm not the kind of player who wants to change clubs every season, and I would have no problem playing in England for many more years.

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

I admire tremendously those people who work consistently at the same jobs.

If you don't know one thing about Kid Rock it's that he's loyal. His band has been together for a long time, he stands by his friends, and the guy still lives in his home state of Michigan.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.

You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.

It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.

I just keep working.

Imagine if you grew up in a place and the team was bad for a long time and there's almost like a pride in being able to stay here and stick it out, knowing that you're going to get to where you promised yourself and you've been promised at some point.

The key to anyone's success is staying with it!

Just because you did something once doesn't mean anything. You have to be willing in your heart to begin again every day. The minute I'm not willing to do that, I will retire.

Anybody can do something one time. You have a great year because everything goes right. But can you maintain it and sustain it for a long period of time as Coach Carroll did and Coach Saban?

You develop a thick skin. And once all the chips have been played, you make sure you're working on behalf of Arizona.

Over the years, I was always training hard, no matter what position I was in.