Roxane Gay Quotes

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream.

Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

Winning is fun... Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.

My tenacity and determination to be true to the person I had become were sacrosanct.

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

You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.

I am consistent rather than courageous.

I am not the sort of player who runs away.

I try to be the same guy every day, no matter the situation, no matter the adversity.

I haven't changed. I'm still the same boy, and I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing.

I stick at things, will always push myself hard, and little by little, I'll get to where I want to be.

I would say that when you have a big dream or you're trying to solve a big problem, there will always be people who tell you that you can't. Here's my advice: don't listen.

At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think "I still want to do this."So I'd decide "I'm not quitting."

Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don't surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.

I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live in a dimension of distraction, my focus blown hither and yon like a leaf on a blustery day. I know the outcome I desire. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.

The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.

I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at the time of need, and that is the real sacrifice.

I want to be the person that is the first person there and the last person to leave. That's who I want to be, because I think the road to success is through commitment, and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is going to get hard and you're going to want to quit sometimes, but it'll be colored by who you are, and more by who you want to be.