Cormac McCarthy Quotes

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

For how long could we fail until we surrendered?

I've always admired your rather formidable will, your refusal to back away from difficulties, but sometimes strength isn't about perseverance. Sometimes it's about knowing when to quit.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Maybe because I am from a sports background, I don't give up easily. I am a fighter.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

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.

I knocked a lot of guys out from the seventh round on - so if I gave up, I would never have achieved what I did. There was no giving up. It's weak to give up. The easiest thing in the world is to quit.

When push comes to shove, I'm a fighter, and I'm going to force someone to fight. It takes a lot of technique, it takes a lot of skill, but to take that, and make something of it, it's a lot of heart and a lot of determination, and that's something I have. That's who I am.

I always want fighting spirit first.

As any fighter does, we all go down. Very few get up. I've done it on multiple occasions.

You should never surrender, never give up.

Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

I'm neither giving up nor giving in.

Things worth having don't come easy," Woods said. "You have to fight for it until you're tired of fighting, and then you take a breather and fight some more." He squeezed my shoulder. "Don't give up. You'll regret it.