John Christopher Quotes

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

I'm just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn't, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing.

A Fighter gets up... No matter what.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

I'm neither giving up nor giving in.

Even when winnin's illogical, losin's still far from optional

The Travises who had survived were the most purely stubborn people on earth, the kind who relied on their backbones when their wishbones were broken.

No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.

She would not stop until she beat the devil.

I won't give up. Even if the skies get rough.

And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.

If I go down, it's never easy. At least my opponent knows they have to go to the end of the earth to take me out no matter what the circumstances. I do try to compete. Even if it's not your best day, I just try to walk off the court knowing I gave 100,000 percent.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was to fight until he couldn't fight anymore.

It is hardship that makes clear who the "fighters" are.

I've always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn't, I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it 'til the end of the race.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

Never give up, no matter what.

A winner must first know what losing's like.

Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

I am unwilling to accord to some small−minded and jealous individuals the satisfaction of having thwarted my efforts. These men are to me nothing more than microbes of a nasty disease. My project was retarded by laws of nature. The world was not prepared for it. It was too far ahead of time, but the same laws will prevail in the end and make it a triumphal success.

It's very hard to win without any problems. To win, you have to fight. And many times, this fight means to indispose in certain ways with some people, to prevail your beliefs. Your point of view, your ideas and your personality above everything. If you don't fight hard, you lose your own way. And if you lose your own way, you're nobody. So, to achieve this line of conduct, you have to fight very hard. And in many times, you really have to fight.