Guts Quotes

• And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Sad, Writing

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.85, Anchor

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• I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they want to go in. And most importantly, let your passion and your gut lead you.

  Prabal Gurung

  Passion, Want, Designer

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• It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Courage, Ruts

  Robert H. Schuller (1988). “Living Positively One Day at a Time”, Berkley

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• Guts win more games than ability.

  Robert Zuppke

  Winning, Games, Ability

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• If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.

  John Updike

  Being Yourself, People, Pay

  John Updike (2010). “Rabbit, Run”, p.157, Random House

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• True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Sports, Athlete

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• What is the definition of guts? Grace under pressure.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Grace, Definitions, Pressure

  Quoted in New Yorker, 30 Nov. 1929 (profile by Dorothy Parker

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• There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

  Bear Bryant

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

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• Nothing fires the warrior’s heart more with courage than to find himself and his comrades at the point of annihilation, at the brink of being routed and overrun, and then to dredge not merely from one’s own bowels or guts but from one’s discipline and training the presence of mind not to panic, not to yield to the possession of despair, but instead to complete those homely acts of order which Dienekes had ever declared the supreme accomplishment of the warrior: to perform the commonplace under far-from-commonplace conditions.

  Steven Pressfield

  Heart, Warrior, Fire

  Steven Pressfield (1999). “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae”, Bantam

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• There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right.

  Mike Tyson

  Hate, Names, White

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• It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.

  Pete Wentz

  Motivation, Knows

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• There is no substitute for guts.

  Bear Bryant

  Nfl, Substitutes

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• You've got to have the guts not to be afraid to screw up.

  Fuzzy Zoeller

  Risk, Screw Ups, Screws

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• I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.

  Gary Gygax

  Risk, Instinct, Gut Instinct

  "Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax" by David Kushner, www.wired.com. March 10, 2008.

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• At least it was instant. At least there wasn't any pain." I knew he was only trying to help, but he didn't get it. There was pain. A dul endless pain in my gut that wouldn't go away even when I knelt on the stingingly frozen tile of the bathroom, dry-heaving.

  John Green

  Pain, Going Away, Trying

  "Looking for Alaska". Book by Looking for Alaska, March 3, 2005.

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• "Do you have the talent?" is rarely the question. "Do you have the guts to finish?" is the real question.

  Orrin Woodward

  Real, Endurance, Talent

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• I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right.

  Kiana Tom

  Trust, Awareness, Reactions

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• Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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• You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it

  Barbara De Angelis

  Believe, People, Want

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• The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.

  Jerome Lawrence

  Writing, Soul, Mind

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• The will to prepare, the guts to risk, and the desire to be the best. These are trademarks of champions.

  Dan Marino

  Champion, Risk, Desire

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• There's no substitute for guts.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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  The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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• I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts.

  Kirk Douglas

  Loner, Clear

  "Fictional chaarcter: Jack Burns". "Lonely Are the Brave", www.imdb.com. 1962.

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• My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

  Olusegun Obasanjo

  Doors, Feelings, Humans

  Olusegun Obasanjo, Ad' Obe Obe (2004). “A new dawn: a collection of speeches of President Olusegun Obasanjo”, Spectrum Books Ltd

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