Perseverance : (707)

" Onstage, there’s no hiding; you either can or can’t act. There’s no second take. " - Anna Friel

" It’s difficult to keep going the good results, to feel good every tournament, every year in row. " - Simona Halep

" For the novice runner, I’d say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point. " - Frank Shorter

" I love writing but it’s a real pain. It’s a miserable process – very satisfying but very miserable. " - Vikramaditya Motwane

" I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl. " - Amy Winehouse

" If I miss 20 in a row and coach tells me to keep shooting, that’s what I’m going to do. " - D'Angelo Russell

" I just typed up three, four paragraphs of an idea and dropped it in a box at the Chicago Comic Con in the summer of 2000, I guess, or 2001 – I forget. I just dropped it on a stack of a giant pile of dozens of other entries. Months later, I was thrilled to get a call from a Marvel editor while I was working my crappy day-job. " - Jason Aaron

" Going to the pen was something I had to learn to do. It wasn’t something I wanted to do. If it made our team better, I was all in. " - John Smoltz

" Ensuring we have the best possible Brexit deal will take time, effort and huge diplomatic skill. " - Keir Starmer

" I don’t even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup – they made it. It’s hard enough to get here and it’s hard enough to advance. " - John Atkinson