Kelvin Sampson Quotes

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.

One thing I have learned about Christians, having organized them for years - when they lose, they quit. And when they win they quit. We are just quitters.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Never give up.

I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.

A lot of people have been rejected and they just give up. I have never had that mentality.

I'm never a failure, unless I quit trying, and neither are you.

It's okay to fail; it's not okay to quit.

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

Never, never, never give up.

It's always too early to quit.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Failure is impossible.

You can't give up in any game, even if you are losing.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Keep the faith, keep the faith, keep working.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.