Quotes About Adversity

When I was in my 30s, I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I'd had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought, 'It's time to have a look at yourself.'

Football, played at its highest level, is catastrophic. Even relatively minor afflictions are grotesque and bookworthy.

One of the problems with industries that have been in relatively long-term declines is that, very often, the managements in those industries develop a kind of loser mentality. And when you ask them what's wrong with the business, they'll point to extraneous forces.

You know, that's the thing that people sometimes miss, is the fact that those moments when you're at your relatively speaking, lowest, are the times when you can learn the most.

First of all, every new company today is being built in the face of massive economic headwinds, making the challenge far greater than it was in the relatively benign '90s.

I went to a good school, played sports; things came relatively easy for me. Whenever I would get faced with adversity, I would always go do something else.

Life in my shoes has gotten me relatively far. Though it's also gotten me into trouble on occasion.

Because I started doing stand-up relatively late - 29 - someone can shout something at me but it's not going to be as bad as some of the things I've experienced. I've lived a bit.

When things are down, we can't hit the panic button, and when things are up, we can't relax. We've just got to stay consistent.

9/11 is probably the main reason I didn't release an album for five years.

I was in a bad shape after missing out on my army dream. What I couldn't say and express to everybody, stage gave me the space to release.

Talk about a foot injury, you can't release how you want to, you can't come out of your breaks how you want to.

Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it's coming, a common response is, 'Oh no! Not again!'

I think the only bones I haven't broken are my shoulder, hip, and thigh.

The way I see it, the expensive people who get hired when you have money are the fancy people who tell you what you can't do.

When I started Netscape I was brand new out of college and all the aspects of building a business, like balance sheets and hiring people, were new to me.

If things don't go well, the manager is on his way because it's such a blow if you drop into the lower divisions.

A historic defeat cannot bow our heads forever.

Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next.

I've been slashed, speared, elbowed, board-checked, butt-ended, and hit on the head as much as anyone. I just like to keep the ledger balanced.

When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

When I broke my leg on the dirt bike, fear got the best of me that day. I hesitated. I didn't hit it as fast as I could have, and I came up short. It was the first time in my life I couldn't get back up.

In 2012, I got hit by an IED in Afghanistan.

There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it.