Famous Quotes & Sayings

He literally spent every waking hour walking around with those things in his hand, squeezing them. He was determined to improve.

He just bulldogged it and jammed it in. That's how you win the playoffs because the skill is so even. It's heart, determination and gritty hard work.

Jerry Sloan

Guys played a lot harder. They played a lot more determined to try to win, rather than the way we have been.

Peter Mandelson

I always hesitate to use the term make-or-break, but I think next week will determine whether we can get into the position of making Hong Kong a success or not.

He worked his way up from the scout team. That says a lot about the determination of the guy. He knew he did wrong ? and so did everyone else.

Ernie Grunfeld

He won't be a participant in training camp. He'll start doing his rehab and we'll see how all that goes, and that will determine how quickly we can have him back in action.

He will recover, and when he is done recovering, he will be stronger than what he was before. The willpower and determination that he has, he is not done (playing basketball).

He had an outstanding season. He's very determined to keep up with his brothers.

He has a world of talent. But it's what he does outside the ring that will determine how far he goes.

He has been talking about the playoffs since training camp. He has been real determined to get back playing playoff hockey.

Tyler Christopher

He is determined to win the gold at the Commonwealth Games, but he knows it won't be easy.

He is determined not to let the people of the 3rd District down, so he is in Washington a lot.

Alex Black

He is not letting the situation get him down and he is already determined to get back on the pitch as soon as he can.

He has that inner strength, a reservoir of determination inside. He has very strong faith and sees it as just another trial he has to face.

He has that drive, determination and focus. You see it in his eyes. He has that special something about him that you like to see in athletes.

Ed Jovanovski

He flat-out said you are going to be fine. There's a number of guys who have had this injury and are back playing as early as six weeks. I'm not saying I'm going to be back in six weeks ... I can't do much within three weeks. After that I will rehab. I'm a determined guy and I'm already starting to feel better. I don't have that initial pain I had before.

Bruce Bochy

He looks like a very determined young man.

He never quit. He was determined today. From the second game on, he was locked in.

George Foreman

I have determined that the severity and magnitude of this event necessitates the need for supplementary federal assistance,

Steve Yzerman

I don't know. Not ready to play today. Skate Saturday and determine whether Sunday's a go.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

I could see my pitch count, so I determined that I would get a strikeout no matter what.

I can honestly say that I have not seen a driver so determined to succeed in quite some time.

Micky Adams

I am determined to see the job through.

From looking at the tapes, and from the translations that have occurred, and from the findings of the Spanish court, we can determine that this was no mere tourist trip.

Dmitri Mendeleev

There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.

Dianne Feinstein

And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.

Dexter Fletcher

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

Dhirubhai Ambani

If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow.

David McCullough

Yes, this is a dangerous time. Yes, this is a time full of shadows and fear. But we have been through worse before and we have faced more difficult days before. We have shown courage and determination, and skillful and inventive and courageous and committed responses to crisis before.

Bryce Courtenay

Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and disappointment than they do to the exceptionally gifted who, with the confidence of the talents bestowed upon them, often pursue the tasks leading to success with less determination.

We want it. In the Stanford game last year, I was horrible, and I think we all played pretty bad. That is something we are determined not to let happen again, and I think we are good enough when we are focused not to let it happen again.

Charles E. Wilson

The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.

Charles Dickens

I have been very fortunate in worldly matters; many men have worked much harder, and not succeeded half so well; but I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon its heels, which I then formed.