Quotes About Adversity

Too often, I've seen instances where we have an idea of what we want to be, where we want to go, and with whom - before life steps in the way, throws something at us that is beyond our control, and changes everything.

If someone throws you in a pool and you can't swim, you're going to struggle.

Life throws some curveballs at you and you go where it takes you.

My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.

I missed big free throws. I had terrible shooting nights. I had games where I had 13 turnovers.

Life moves forward, and you have to deal with whatever it throws at you.

If you were to be put off by every little problem life throws at you, you'd get nowt done.

When someone tells you a fighter's injured and they tell you to go after an injury, it really throws you off.

Everyone knows life throws you curve balls, in my case it's like life throws me giant boulders.

Quarterback and cornerback are two of the hardest positions to play on the field, so yeah, you're going to get beat, you're going to throw interceptions, you're going to get sacked, you're going to miss throws. Stuff like that is going to happen. That's something you've been prepping for your whole life playing the position.

If life throws a second or a third chance at you I think you should take it because that is life all about.

I learn new things every day, but I've learned that no matter what life throws at you, you take it day by day.

When life throws not-so-serious curveballs, sometimes you need to embrace it, and laugh it off with the support of your friends, and let's be honest, pancakes always make everything better.

Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

When you're thrust into litigation, you obviously have to make sure you're prepared to deal with that.

We're all born into this world. Some are placed gently, others thrust into it, and still others abandoned.

People called me a hoodlum and a thug. But they didn't tell you I was a carpenter, an architect, a stand-up comic - even a bartender. And a barbecue cook. But they didn't tell you that.

This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child.

One day, I got beat up, and my glasses, which were crooked already, got shattered on the ground. That's when I said, 'Okay, enough.' I became like Batman. I decided to thug myself out, all the way.

Over the years, I've hurt my thumb, separated my shoulder, and injured my back, but not too bad. Actually, my back was hurt pretty bad. I had to take an ambulance and was in bed for a week.

After it was sewn back on, they did a proper job of it, and now it's OK. It looks a little distorted, and the nail has not grown fully back yet, but I'm thankful I still have my thumb, and I can still do my horn sign.

For the average person, taken to their sick bed, it takes a serious bout of pneumonia or a full body cast to completely forget the life they had prior to falling off the rollercoaster. I, however, will do this over a paper cut on my thumb, obsessing of said cut and being generally consumed by it.

You can't pick up a golf club if your thumb hurts.