Ken Burns Quotes

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

One of the things I've observed since I was a kid, is that if you work on something long enough you'll find I, even if you're lost for a while you'll find it.

You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

If you get an idea, you might as well stick with it until somebody calls you on it.

I can focus on what seems to be the most boring things for days at a time.

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

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

I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

Genius is eternal patience.

To finish first you must first finish.

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.

Stay true to your vision/dream. There's something to be said for just staying at what you are trying to achieve well past the point everyone else gives up.

I just keep working.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.

To be stronger, you finish everything you start. You can't take a break.

I have to be patient, keep performing, and be consistent.

I don't want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.

It gets hard no matter what it is you're doing - school, work - the only way you're going to do it is if you stay consistent and focused.

You've got to be committed to the process of where you want to be.

Sport's about patience and keep working no matter the outcome.

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