Elon Musk Quotes

Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.

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.

If you take the autobiographies of great sports people, they are almost always the same. They start with zero; they are always ambitious, know what they want to do in life, and have the confidence to do it.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" - and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all".

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Never, never, never give up.

If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter how long your journey is; it's whether you give up or don't.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

I have a lot of respect for my fellow young actors. It takes a lot to push forward after being told no a million times, and that was what we all have to go through. So those who push deserve respect.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.