Quotes About Adversity

I wasn't born with vitiligo. It developed when I was 4 years old. My skin changed dramatically over the next few years.

I think losing out on jobs and, you know, being judged on your appearance... I definitely grew a second skin and got used to it, but more so now, I've realised it definitely contributed to a lot of things I feel about myself.

When modeling agencies were saying that I was too big and gaining weight, my mom said, 'OK, we're going to discuss what they're saying over pizza, and we're going to plan the future of your career which doesn't involve you having to be skinny.'

One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of sport to follow. That was a really, really bad moment. For a long time, I felt as if my dad was the only one who had faith in me.

I was skinny and black and didn't play sports. And I was bullied.

When I went to Le Havre, I wasn't physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They told me to go back to the second team. I was very disappointed, but maybe that helped me to be the way I am now.

I grew up a skinny kid with a funny last name and coke bottle glasses, so I experienced my fair share of bullies. But I learned, with the help of humor and resilience, to never give up.

I had to teach myself how to walk again. It was crazy. I couldn't even make a muscle in my leg. I felt like no muscles in my leg. I was already skinny. It was like my leg was dead.

My wish was to finish my career at Arsenal, but there are always banana skins.

Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering winds shift, shift our sails.

I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.

I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but he's not unhappy.

I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began.

Your tragedy is God's opportunity to show Himself faithful.

That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt.

Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities.

If you're lucky enough to experience love, what you find is that it can sustain you through the most difficult times.

I love overcoming challenges and fear.

I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.

Because as much as the world loves you one minute, it can be way down on you the next.

I would love to be considered Zen, but I'm not sure that I am. Maybe just with animals and babies and in tough situations.

That which is painful sharpens one's love.

Yes, but . . ." She hesitated, her gaze finally coming to me. "I survived because I fell in love." With you was unspoken.

It's very easy to fall in love when things are great, but the way to really fall in love is when things aren't great.