Perseverance

“And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go.”

“You have to climb your own mountains.”

“We are determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past.”

“If everything you try works, you aren't trying hard enough.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Szczęśliwi są ludzie obierający jeden cel i konsekwentnie ku niemu dążący.”

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