Quotes About Adversity

In 1997, a severe depression hit me, but I didn't respond well to anti-depressants.

The time to stop is when the other guy hits you more than you hit him.

One thing that's good is I don't lose it if some old mate goes 'bang!' and hits me in the face.

If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.

Everyone hits bottom their own way.

I think the season I had playing as a kid against men in Reunion toughened me up a lot and taught me how to cope with hits.

I've learned that, bizarrely, I enjoy having a fight. Obviously nobody likes getting hit, but I don't have a problem with it. In MMA you've got to take a few hits to reach the right position.

When life hits you hard, it can throw you off course. But how you handle that adversity can teach you so much about yourself and change your perspective on what you actually want from life.

Hits and flops happen in everyone's careers. Be it an actor or a filmmaker, you can't let that affect your conviction.

I've seen teams and I've been on teams where, when adversity hits you, you kind of crumble.

Everybody can't come to New York and take the hits, take the hits of the city, take the hits of the media, take the hits of the fans. It's real.

Whenever you see me and I'm hitting ground ball after ground ball, you know I'm not feeling right.

When things are tough in training camp; when things are tough in season; when it's good, you don't want guys hitting too high or too low or depressed. It's just draining for everybody.

I'm OK with hitting you, I'm OK with getting hit, I'm OK with cuts, broken leg, broken nose - I've broken my nose five, six times - but I don't need to verbally assault somebody. I don't need to say anything bad about somebody.

My having HIV has no bearing on my business.

My father said, 'You're not going to make it.' That took a lot of pressure from me. I took football like a hobby.

I was told growing up that the arts were just a hobby - that I couldn't do it as a career.

I've always just tried to stick with what works, and sometimes you go through funks - not only in just hockey but in general.

People who know the game of hockey, who followed hockey, they know who Sandeep Singh is. They know I have been Indian Hockey team's captain, but they don't know about the struggle and the life after being shot.

Hockey is just a game.

It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.

Instead of holding grudges, it's better to learn from the bad experiences.

In my career, I was on teams that started 11-0 and 13-0 before losing. I can tell you right now that our streak-breaking losses didn't happen because we weren't the best team on the field. The truth is, we let little things creep in: a holding call here, a false start there.

Drama holds you back.