Determination Quotes

"The will to prepare to win matters more than the will to win itself."

- Vince Lombardi

"No one is born a champion. Every champion must pay the price, and the price is never small. It is the investment in one’s future that builds the inner strength of the champion. This investment is of time, sweat, effort, sore muscles, bruised egos, frustration, more sweat, and exhaustion and at some times even tears. While others sit idle and enjoy short term pleasures, the champion is hard at work, focused on the future. The sport demands everything you’ve got and often returns little. No dreams of fame and fortune. No glamour. No glory. No celebrity status. No chance of going pro. Yet the investment continues, with faith, trust and respect for the coach’s vision amid the exhilaration and heartbreak of competition. Wrestling has many champions. They are not just the first place winners, for it is not the victory that makes the champion, it is the investment. The greater the investment, the greater the champion. Wrestling is the sport of champions."

- Bill Campbell

"Jiu Jitsu is about waiting for the right time to do the right move."

- Ryron Gracie

"Discipline and consistency. I owe these two factors all attained in my life. Things have never happened overnight. Results have appeared as a consequence of decades-long toil. It is necessary to persist."

- Master Carlos Gracie Jr.

"Discipline and consistency. I owe these two factors all have attained in my life. Things have never happened overnight. Results have appeared as a consequence of decades long toil. It is necessary to persist."

- Carlos Gracie Jr.

"If you ask me what belt I am today I’ll tell you that I’m a white belt that never gave up."

- Jean Jacques Machado

"Martial arts are difficult. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is particularly hard. People will drop out. They will quit."

- Roy Dean

"Jiu jitsu is challenging. It’s been estimated that for every 1000 people that try it only 5 or so continue and make it to the black belt."

- Nic Gregoriades

"For all the doubters all I want to say is, you should try and get to know me better. If you did you would know I never give up"

- Victor “Shaolin” Ribeiro

"Jiu-jitsu is challenging. It’s been estimated that for every 1000 people that try it only 5 or so continue and make it to the black belt."

- Nic Gregoriades

"Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical."

- Yogi Berra

"I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can."

- Kobe Bryant

"I don't negotiate with myself."

- Kobe Bryant

"When everyone else was thinking it was time for bed, his mind was telling him it’s time to get ahead of the competition."

- Kobe Bryant

"If you want to be average, focus on the performance. If you want to be the best, focus on making practice harder than performance."

- Shane Parrish

"No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying."

- Tony Robbins

"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing."

- Wangari Maathai

"Make a determination that you will live your purpose today."

- Daniel Budzinski

""Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.""

- Conrad Hilton

"Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends of being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take the step."

- Naeem Callaway

"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll just get run over if you just sit there."

- Will Rogers

"Prove Them Wrong"

"I will practice every day."

"I am dedicated and excited to practice."

"I am willing to do what it takes to be successful."

"Through practice I will achieve my full athletic potential."

"In life, as in baseball, it's not the score that counts, but the effort put in."

"Play hard, play smart."

"Hustle and heart."

"I Will Persist"