Quotes About Adversity

I know things can go south a heck of a lot faster than they can go good for you.

There's a lot of bunch finishes, which are hectic and kind of dangerous; you need a lot of luck to win those.

I'm not really a girlie. I can be once in a while, but then I tend to fall off the heels.

When you're walking in heels in a long dress, you're bound to fall at some point.

I've been trying to make it my own way in an industry full of heels walking around in babyface costumes, and that brought out the worst in me.

We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.

I can easily get a gold in the 48 kg. category, but 51 kg., it's difficult because other boxers may have a height advantage.

I was very scared of heights and water.

I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

My mother is a rock. She's my rock, she's Ariana's rock, and she has been a huge example of how to get through some difficult situations with strength, dignity, her head held high.

If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they're gonna do it.

I've gone through hell and back.

I know that my life is going to be hell from here on.

When the market goes to hell, it's more of an opportunity than a problem.

When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'

Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too, so there had been no one to help Pa and Laura.

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

What happens during recessions, is you have less windfalls just helping you cover mistakes. You have to be more careful about not making mistakes.

You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team.

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.