Krista Tippett Quotes

I'm going to mess up. But I'm going to get back, you know, and get after it and try to do better the next day.

It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.

My mentality is still the same. I have to continue to get better.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

You want to get better even after people smash you down. You want to be better than you were before.

I think I'm one of life's copers. And picking myself up and dusting myself off and starting all over again is one of my mottoes, actually.

When things don't come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have.

You have to understand that when things go wrong in your life, it doesn't mean you need to quit. It means you need to get stronger and change your plan.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

A person like myself will keep challenging to see if I can keep doing it over and over again.

I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.

The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it's not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.

I hated reading - I was not a 'good kid' - but I was determined when I put my mind to something.

You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher.

I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.

I just want to continue to build mentally to push forward even on the good days and bad days.

When things don't go your way, the day after you wake up and try to get better and be as good as you can be the next day.

My goal is always to get better every day. No one will ever outwork me. That's how it will always be for me. That will never change.

The time I spent on the bench helped me to reflect and think. It encouraged me to keep fighting and work.

The ramifications that you set for yourself can inspire you to do things that you would have never thought of because, once you're trapped, your job is to persevere.

The humility keeps me going forward.

You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.