Cliff Burton Quotes

It takes an extraordinary amount of attention to manifest any ambition. But life intervenes - distractions and obligations pull us away from the ambition we originally had.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

I tried four times to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama before I got accepted. I started when I was 17, which was too young, in retrospect, and finally went when I was 21. I just kept plugging away. Determined? Yeah, I think I was.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter how long your journey is; it's whether you give up or don't.

I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very good thing. I think if I had a viable plan B, I might not have kept going.

To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.

Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.

Without obsession, life is nothing.

I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.

When something really matters, you should never give up or give in.

I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going to my dream.

If you really want something, you just have to promise yourself that you won't stop until it happens.

Besides training, you need to be focused and not shy away from hard work.

I'm a go-getter. Everything I say I'm going to do, I don't stop until I do it.

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated you have to fight for that and don't give up however hard it is.

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer in politics, but once you have the right goal and desire, you will reach it.

I am determined and never give up. Ever. I always do my best.

The book Relentless' is an awesome book. It taught me a lot about just staying consistent, being level-headed, being relentless at what you want to do.

You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal.

I like to think of myself as a very passionate person, and as very determined. So, if I set my mind on something, I definitely stop at no end to find within myself the power to keep going, whether that involves thinking of a new approach to a problem, or physically challenging myself.

On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows or contradictions to yield, but to push on towards the goal.

If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession. [...] You have to go at it single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.