Quotes About Adversity

Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.

With loss comes growth.

I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.

In competition, you see people who win and lose, and you have to learn how to lose gracefully. You have to be able to come back in the day and compete again, not hold a grudge, and put everything into the next fight.

Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk.

You have to make sure you have the right people around you to get the right fights, and you're not guaranteed to get the best fights.

Nothing is guaranteed in the UFC, nothing is guaranteed in the NFL, so it's my lane. I'm very comfortable in this lane.

That's the great thing about sports - nothing's guaranteed.

There are no guarantees in the league, and the challenges will always be there.

There are no guarantees in football.

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.

When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems.

I'm prepared to guard anyone.

I just wanted to become a better player at everything - someone who is a real tough matchup to guard.

It's fun down there to actually go up against a 7-footer and you know you're undersized and you know people are telling you that you can't guard this guy, you can't do that. I take it as a challenge.

My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me.

2015 was an interesting year for me. After finally getting back behind the camera at the end of the summer to shoot the CW's 'Arrow,' I found myself a couple of months later in a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, trying to convince half a dozen security guards to let me make my EEOC appointment despite my expired driver's license.

I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.

'Guest Iin London' didn't work, but it got me more work; it helped me grow as an actor.

No one's fearless. We're all full of fear. But can your fear guide you or lean into it, embrace it.

It is hard not to speak in cliches about cancer. It can be even harder not to feel as if I have to live up to those cliches. I sometimes feel a deep sense of guilt for not doing a better job of making lemonade out of metaphorical lemons.

That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.

I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.