Quotes About Obstacles

Honestly, the biggest setback to my music career was people's perception that I was a reality TV star, not a rapper.

I never thought acting would be a realistic job for me. Because, quite frankly, I didn't see people who looked like me doing it. I quickly realized, that's all the more reason to try.

I was a salsa dancer for the majority of my life, from, like, 7 to 17, and did the World Salsa Congresses. I realized that I wanted to continue obviously to be a performer. But in my household, being an actor and jumping into acting is not really accepted.

And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful.

I think for guys who get severely injured and can't move forward, it's because the 'what-ifs' absolutely destroy their recovery.

Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the cost because they were nothing if not conscious of the price of the film.

Many problems are so complex that even if we had the money to fix them, we wouldn't know how to do it. Fixing inner-city schools, reducing obesity, creating peace in the Middle East are just a few examples.

You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.

Crap has always happened, crap is happening, and crap will continue to happen.

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

Financing is always the hard part, especially if you don't have friends or family to back you, which was my case and the case for most designers.

Basically, I had a hard time getting anyone to want to make any of the features that I had written.

I'm a big believer in having to go through hard times to get to where you want to be. Nothing comes easy. You have to work.

It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.

Among the difficulties I encountered, economic problems were the worst. I found that financial hardships could limit one's ability to realize one's dream, no matter how desperate and earnest you are.

You either lose your way or you break through the hardships and play well. There is a massive difference.

You're going to have hardships, you're going to have a lot of good plays, you're going to have bad plays.

Well, I don't like shooting in bathrooms. They're small and cramped and you've got harsh surfaces and it's difficult.

Rodgers & Hart had a few flops before they clicked. You know, it happens. I don't know anyone who always gets away with everything.

There is so much headache and hassle involved in starting a business or running a business.

Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're heading,' and then it's my job to get everything else out of the way. All the other things that can become a distraction keep us from executing well. Get those out of the way, because the team ultimately needs to run in that direction and execute well.

Everyone's got bills, everyone's got heartache, and everyone's got problems.

It's heartbreaking to watch people working against themselves.

The biggest reason people don't do things is knowledge. Many people don't go to the gym because they don't know what the heck they're doing.