Quotes About Adversity

I think Jameis Winston will be a superstar in the NFL. I think all his off-the-field problems that he's had will push him in a position to grow up and learn the hard way.

When we were playing, it was rough and tough. Even superstars like me fouled out a lot.

I come from Ambedkar Nagar, a small district in Uttar Pradesh 200 kilometres away from Lucknow. My father was an engineer in the army and my mother, Gyan Bala, a health supervisor in a government primary health centre. My father passed away when I was three.

When the results weren't coming on the snooker table, I tried to supplement things by gambling on horses even more.

There's a lot of haters in Philly, but it's a lot of people that give you support - but way more haters. It's definitely a great city to be from. But it's not really a lot of people that come out of there. So when you, like, make it out of Philadelphia, everywhere else is easy.

It's interesting. People go to an animal shelter and pick a dog that's been kicked, beaten, and has lost a leg and an eye, and they'll take that dog home and give it love and support, but they don't do that with people.

A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.

When you don't have a support system, and you're constantly being bullied for who you are, and you begin to not accept yourself for who you are, it's a distraction from schoolwork. It's a distraction from learning and from growing.

When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me and supported me when I came to the U.S.

There were people who supported me but there were even more who denied me opportunities.

In 2005, not long after I met Matt, MTV decided not to renew my contract. It meant that I didn't have a job or any money. We lived together and he supported me because I had nothing.

I have learned as a child of a single mother who worked and supported four young children to take things in stride, enjoy the moment and the people around you who are helping you get through the day the best you can and helping you to building a future that you can be proud of.

I am very grateful to the people who have supported me through my journey and the ones who haven't, have only made me stronger.

I am not a big supporter of sledging or insults that are hurled at you. But I don't mind if a bowler glares or stares at the batsmen. During my career, I have faced these situations numerous times.

I feel like with anything you choose to do in this world, there are always gonna be people who disagree. But I've had a lot more supporters than critics.

I am disappointed at not being able to live up to the expectations of my supporters, but every cricketer goes through such a time.

I've met some very difficult people and I've had some very difficult conversations and had lots of criticism, especially from away supporters who sing songs that aren't very pleasant. So I think part and parcel of life is accepting that not everyone likes you.

There are always going to be your supporters, and then there are going to be haters. I kind of laugh at them.

I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.

In high school, I played football and became an all-American offensive lineman, but my father hadn't been to any of my games. In those instances, you still hold your head up high. But, when you look up into the stands and you see everyone else's parents cheering and supporting, you have to just stay focused and push through.

When I was growing up, nobody was really supporting me, especially in L.A.

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

I went through a difficult time, gaining 24 pounds in one month. A few haters attacked me online for how I looked, even though the majority of my fans were supportive. Those were the ones that kept me going.

I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only divorced moms in the neighborhood, so all the other parents looked down upon her for letting her kids do that kind of thing.