Quotes About Challenge

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle.

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.

My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations that are not always comfortable. Through her example, I discovered that there is no more beautiful way to live a life than to live a life of service.

I like situations that push a character to the edge.

I love to throw myself into situations where I don't understand everything yet.

As a professional climber and photographer, I am asked to shoot in a lot of situations with a lot of different people. Sometimes I'm with the hardest, most seasoned alpinists in the world. Sometimes I'm hanging out with celebrities doing a benefit climb.

Maybe in my life I sort of put myself in situations that were chaotic, outside of my life.

I love pressure situations. I won't run for cover, and I'll try to take as much of the heat as possible. Because I feel I can stand it better than most people.

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.

This is one of the reasons I like to act - it's because acting forces you into situations you don't know.

Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.

Especially with athletic pubalgia and the patellar tendonitis - I used to bowl six balls and then I used to be gasping for breath. And there would be pain all over the place.

On a par 5, I can shoot a six. And on a par 3, I can shoot a six, too!

I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time.

I used to take my car and go down to the South Island for five or six days and climb glaciers and jump out of planes and jump off bridges and go white water rafting - a bit of thrill-seeking.

When you record an album in six days, you don't have time to work out a lot of stuff.

I used to come home crying at the beginning, 'cause I was playing against high-school guys, college guys, and I was like in the sixth grade, so it was tough.

One man won't make a difference against sixty.

When I first came to California, it was fun and exciting to get any part in any movie and get paid for it. Because of my size and my background, it seemed like I was right for just about anything.