There is no failure except in no longer trying.
It doesn't matter whatever has happened in my life; it doesn't matter how many ditches I've had to go through in my life. I keep going forward.
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
Once I failed in cricket, I joined a law course, but when it also did not work out, it was another setback. When you get back-to-back failures, you automatically start to work harder in life.
Suffering produces the very endurance that will enable you to reach the finish line of the race set before you.
I don't have the will for singing but I must do it.
What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.
Trust me: Every entrepreneur has felt like an utter loser at some point.
Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
When you surround yourself with like-minded athletes who are all going through the same thing as you, it gives you more drive and strength to get through those moments when you don't want to do it any more, when you think it's hard.
I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it.
...stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel sh*t from a sitting position.
Never admit you're licked.
I definitely thrive off adversity. I know it's always up from there.
If I can't do something and excel at it and do it well, I have a tendency to give up on it really easy.
There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it.
You make a mistake, you keep going.
Let's say I'm not feeling well, and somebody would say to me, 'Just do an easy show, just go out and do a light...' - I can't! I cannot do that kind of a show. I have to still put 150 percent into it, and it's funny: it's so healing to do that.
