Nellie McKay Quotes

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

You'll encounter difficulties at any job, and the best way for me to get through them is via endurance.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

You have to learn how to fight through when it sucks and it's really hard.

At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

The young must be prepared to experience innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

That's what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us.

All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention.

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.