Determination : (884) " When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn’t listen. " - Narciso Rodriguez " You can’t just hope you draft well and not go after free agents and you end up in the Super Bowl. You got to go get it. " - Carson Palmer " I want to concentrate on baseball, which is the best thing I know how to do. " - Aroldis Chapman " In any field, when an opportunity arises, one mustn’t let it go. " - Rajinikanth " But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love. " - Frank Langella " You’ve got to go for what you love and not look back 30 years, 40 years later and say, ‘I never tried.’ You got to try. " - Michael Rosbash " Once I went overseas and had this real motivation to get back, I was willing to do whatever it took to stick in this league, and that’s what I did. " - Gerald Green " Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it. " - Richard M. Nixon " When people have passion there’s nothing they can’t do. " - Joe Nichols " If I read something great and I want to go after it, I go after it. You don’t wait to see what Hollywood wants to do with you. You decide what you want to do. I don’t mind fighting when I really want something. " - Marlon Wayans