Perseverance

“We must fight for it with gloves off.”

“All change is hard at first. It’s messy in the middle and it’s gorgeous at the end.”

“I’m here for the long run and these short-term goals may make me happy, but I’m not obsessed with them.”

“私はドーハの悲劇は終わりではなく、新たな歴史の始まりになる──4年間の足踏みを余儀なくされたにせよ、本大会に駒を進める日はすぐに訪れるだろうと確信していた。”

“We're not going to be content with anything less. That's what we're striving for.”

“The phrase ‘rotation prevents stagnation’ summarizes our desire to keep moving forward.”

“I just wanted to prove to myself that I could still do it after all these years.”

“Nothing is impossible.”

“La precisión me interesa hasta la obsesión.”

“I pray for the courage to keep struggling to express in color the substance of what life is directing.”

“We still have not given up protesting, because we are willing to risk everything to defend our homes and land.”

“I've always worked very hard at just being comfortable with who I am.”

“I think I'm just a vessel of struggle and being able to overcome things.”

“I will never give up creating, because to create is to live.”

“In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”

“Success does not come easy. And you've got to be patient.”

“Research always involves setbacks. If you want to make progress, you have to experiment.”

“While a man lives, he should not complain.”