If there is one characteristic above all which might give it that internal dynamic, even magic, which could tentatively be said to make it special, it was tenacity.
It is tenacity and a meld of other qualities like optimism, discipline and self-motivation.
But when asked whether it's been tenacity or veracity that helped fuel a surprisingly robust mid-career boom, he happily admits that it's the latter.
The actor doesn't sweat to earn sympathy; it's Sloane's tenacity that demands it.
It's got tenacity, but nobody in their right mind runs a 56-year-old boat".
Q. How do you know if somebody's able to stretch into a big new job? A. One question somebody once asked me was, "What do you think are important attributes to be successful in leadership?" I said it's about tenacity.
How incredible is that?" There's a moment in the book when the Good Friday Agreement has just been signed in Belfast, and Mitchell, who earlier compared himself to a terrorist willing to wait in a wet ditch all night ("It's the tenacity of the fanatic that he wants to pitch himself against.
It's that tenacity that has became the concept in which I live by.
Bradley's colleague George Padelopoulos, B& Qs responsible sourcing manager, is more direct: "It's time that responsiblenacity, commitment, resourcing and unstinting passion for doing the right thing is recognised.
Yet beneath her timidity is tenacity.
