Lolo Jones Quotes

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans.

Stop crying... keep hustling.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.

I've been in situations in my career where I've had slumps and struggles. I always stick with it and just keep working.

I work really hard, and have had many opportunities to give up and throw the towel in. But I never did.

Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.

You show me anybody that's great in anything they do, I'll show you somebody that's persevered, demonstrated that mental toughness to overcome some obstacles and adversity.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

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

It is not ease, but effort-not facility, but difficulty, makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success can be achieved.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

Life is difficult no matter what, but hard work and perseverance make it a lot easier.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That's what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don't want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying.

I want to find people who have had to work hard and who have learned from their failures. Perseverance is no guarantee you’ll succeed, but without it, it’s almost guaranteed you won’t.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.