Persistence is continuing with something, not quitting, keep on keeping on, finishing the race, "when the going gets tough, the tough keep going" attitude. Persistence is also similar to perseverance. This is very necessary in life in certain situations. For example, if you play any sport, you need to have persistence. Even if you are an olympic star, you must have persistence, because you do not get the play or the routine right off the bat. You are not just suddenly good without ever playing; you have to practice. Practice is tedious at times and sometimes feels like a waste of time. I play basketball, and basketball practice can seem like it takes forever and is completely pointless. However, I have to have persistence through practice, because practice makes you better. The same goes for a game. No one is in perfect shape or has perfect stamina; everyone becomes tired. In a basketball game, after playing for a while, you get winded, but you must have persistence through this so as not to quit playing and to keep going. Obviously, if you do not have any persistence or perseverance throughout the game, you give up, play badly, and disappoint your coach, teammates, and fans.
Persistence does not have to apply to sports only; it can apply to school. For instance, if you take a hard AP course, you need to have persistence because if you do not work hard or even try in the least to accomplish it, you will eventually lose an academic challenge.
Persistence is everywhere, basically, and you probably use it more every day than you realize. If you work out, you do not just quit at the first sign of a drop of sweat. No! You keep going and working out, trying to improve, a.k.a. persistence!
The bottom line is that persistence is a good quality to have in some cases, like the ones mentioned above. So with that said, "When the going gets tough, the tough keep going."
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