Kim Clijsters Quotes

As a competitor, I try to do everything in my power to control the uncontrollable.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

Personally, I don't let my head go down; I just keep working hard.

It is very important to be confident and strong even if you lose, because you know there are tournaments coming up next, and you have to be prepared for it.

When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

What's really hard is when you're having those more difficult days, you've got to be able to dig down deep and be able to go out there and do what it takes to be the best you can be, even on the hardest days.

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win football games.

When things go bad, the best thing to do is keep working and keep coaching.

I knew two things from my father: keep working hard, stay humble, and someday you'll be OK.

I can only do my best, work hard, be positive and confident and I believe in myself. That is the only thing I can do.

I just believe in working hard, and whatever comes my way, I try and give it my best.

It's just determination, working hard, and keeping my feet on the ground in training and keep on proving people wrong.

There are some key words that I have learned: the first ones are humility and determination; they are fundamental to reach certain levels. I want to continue like this, working hard without ever feeling satisfied.

I'm always choosing the hard things, the things that aren't easy.

The way football is, sometimes, everything that could go wrong goes wrong. You have to dig yourselves out of that by simply working hard and sticking together.

It's not good for anybody if they're out of a team. No one is happy when they're not playing but the most important thing in that situation is to be strong and to work hard.

Sometimes you're going to win close fights, and that's the way it is.

I do not fear the pressure to win because I spent 14 years in England always fighting for a starting spot, and that's what I want to continue doing.

That's not the way I think, 'I'm the smallest guy on the field, I have to go out there and do this and do that.' I just go out there and play.