Her focus, her determination, her preparation over the winter months ... people don't realize how hard she works. She didn't get to this level by just hoping she could play well.
Will & Determination Quotes (1171 Quotes)
A certain bygone philosophywhich certainly must have quite forgotten all about the real childused to speak of the child's nature as a tabula rasa, or 'blank page,' upon which experience and training might write what they pleased. As a matter of fact, the childs nature at birth, like that of a calf or a chick, is pretty well scribbled over by the experience of its ancestors. It is far from being blank, for as soon as the little organism comes into the world, it begins to do certain things and do them with much zeal and determination, as every one knows who knows real children.
There was something about the chemistry, that we knew it was on today. We're so honored that we have a medal. It shows we worked very hard and our dedication.
We have been dealing with injury all year long and our perseverance is our personality. This is something we have to persevere through, and we only have maybe eight or nine bodies healthy for practice, and that will limit us in how much we really go at practice.
When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.
Tenacity. In hockey, we use a lot of goofy little terms about player to describe a player. Intangibles, work ethic, intelligence. It's a great mix. He's a very smart hockey player.
As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.
Honestly, that's the worst I've felt getting out of the car after such a short 29-lap race ever. I do a lot of endurance races in a lot worse heat. The car was a bit of a handful.
To watch his progress over this short year and a half has been just amazing. He's put in the work, he has the desire and he also has the persistence and mental toughness to drive a team his way, to have them do what he thinks is necessary. ... He's going to be one of the best for a very long time.
We just kept battling. It was unbelievable how the game ended. Experience is one thing, but we've got hard work and determination. We just had to keep going.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling lifes evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
He's a perfect example of perseverance. He just hung in there and got his opportunity and it worked out for him.
It soon dissolved into a bull session of what can we do if this happens. Nobody could make a determination that could make any sense, because there's nothing they could do.
The reason firm, the temperate will. Endurance, foresight, strength and skill.
I've played against the Korean team since the Olympic Games in Atlanta, and since then I've felt very strong about the determination by the Korean team that they don't want to lose to Japan. I'm feeling that, as well, in this tournament, against a great team. Once again, I'd like to do my best and defeat Korea in this round.
When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.
And in being forced to class herself among the fortunate she did not cease to wonder at the persistence of the unforeseen, when the one to whom such unbroken tranquility had been accorded in the adult stage was she whose youth had seemed to teach that happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.
They will not be making a determination on the lawfulness on the NSA program, but rather will determine whether the department's lawyers complied with their professional obligations in connection with examining this program.
The loss of Ron is a tremendous loss on so many levels. He symbolized the determination preservation needs to be successful with sensitivity and generosity. I think that is a unique combination. He sincerely cared, not just about preservation, but the way it affected people.
There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it needs patience, perseverance, courage, and the hand of an artist to weave it into the literature of the country.
To overawe, or intimidate, or, when we cannot persuade with reason, to resist with fortitude, are the occupations which give its most animating exercise, and its greatest triumphs, to a vigorous mind and he who has never struggled with his fellow-creatures, is a stranger to half the sentiments of mankind.
It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.
In my 22 years of coaching, that's one of the best games I've had the privilege of being a part of. Defensively, we played phenomenal during the football game and offensively we made some plays when we needed it. Our young guys showed effort, tenacity and a lot of want-to.
Jim's NBA career was all about determination. No one studied the game more. He had notebooks on every single player he ever faced. I bet he still has them.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
I wouldn't say count him in, but I wouldn't say count him out either. He's got a great attitude about it. His doctors are very positive about it. It will be some time before we can make a final determination.
Man is distinguished, not only by his reason but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
This is an opportunity for people to look at something they might be afraid of and make a determination of how they feel about the issue after seeing this take place before their very eyes.
To be honest, to be kind To earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy.
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
Juries frequently confront contradictory information, especially in criminal trials. Juries then must sort through all of the evidence, sift and weigh it, resolve the contradictions as best they can, and reach a determination.
EMOTION, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.
Nobody has ever claimed that this was going to be something that is easy. But, one only has to spend a few hours in Iraq to really understand the dedication and how committed the Iraqi people are to making this work, too.
Terrorism won't be defeated until our determination is as complete as theirs, our defense of freedom is as absolute as theirs is of fanaticism, ... they play on our divisions, exploit our hesitations.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.
Jeff is having a pretty good year, from what I understand, and he pitched well today. He had a tremendous breaking ball and was able to spot his fastball. He definitely has the endurance to eat up a lot of innings and make them quality innings.
Peace is possible. It begins with a vision or dream and comes through persistence, hard work and belief in ourselves.
Baseball is the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness, American Dash, Discipline, Determination, American Energy, Eagerness, Enthusiasm, American Pluck, Persistency, Performance, American Spirit, Sagacity, Success, American Vim, Vigor, Virility.
These guys represent the epitome of determination and hard work. They go to places like Phoenix to practice, their parents make 160-mile round trips they do what it takes.
In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.
I think we can play with the best. It shows the fans and the world that MSU has great character and great endurance. All that I can say is we played our hardest.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
We believe that the attack was effective in causing destruction of that facility. ... As to who was inside and what their conditions are, it will take some time before we can make that full determination.
Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is 'Don't grumble. Plug on'
I tink if people sit down and consider the amount of dedication we put into what we do, we are at the paramount of that scale.
I know that I will work hard and I will give it my all. I just hope to be a part of a good team. We will win some and of course we will lose some, but I hope we will have the dedication and drive.
I can't fault my defense for that. Campbell just scored on shear strength, size and determination.
When we shoot over 70 percent we've absolutely won every game for the past two years. We shot well below that tonight, but we won the game on sheer grit and determination. I was proud to be on the bench tonight.