Quotes About Adversity

I remember listening to 'Low End Theory': I had been kicked out of high school. I was in GED school in the LES, and all I could do was listen to 'Low End Theory.' I was in a strange time in my life, and 'Low End Theory' kind of defined that time.

I dropped out or got kicked out of four high schools.

No one's career is full of highs. Somewhere down the line you are going to get kicked where it hurts and it's how you deal with that.

Even when I was growing up and playing with friends I used to get kicked.

I knew that in fighting, sometimes you get your butt kicked and sometimes, you do the butt-kicking. It was always a matter of trying to learn and trying to get better.

I get kicked every game, it's part of football, I just try to get on with it.

I feel like I always knew fighting was what I wanted to do. But when I was 18, I got into a street fight with this football player. He was a big guy and three years older than me. I really kicked his butt, and I realized I had a talent for this and needed to pursue it.

No one's kicking down the door to fight Bernard Hopkins.

A lot of people gave up on us, but we kept kicking and making music.

I've had loads of kicks over the years, and I'm not really too fussed about them. I get kicked, and I don't like to roll around or anything. I like to get back up pretty quickly, even if it hurt.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

I'm like a 'comeback kid' - you can't keep me down for long!

I wasn't a bad kid. My dad left when I was young, so I didn't have much discipline, not that I'm making excuses. I was always out and about and had a good time as a kid, so I've done alright.

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else.

I fought COVID double bilateral pneumonia - both lungs - and kidney failure in my house.

Kids called me a cow and mooed at me.

I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.

All people go through moments that are tough, but looking at them through comedy is so fun. You can look at anything in life and say 'Sure, this is crap, but it's kinda funny.'

It's kinda frustrating to play on an injury, not certain what's the problem.

The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

My novel, 'Kingdom of Scars', is a coming-of-age story.

Roses don't always grow in the courtyard of kings, they can also grow in the backyard of beggars.

If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.