Quotes About Adversity

Getting cut four separate times really never stopped me.

I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.

When my parents separated, I became the breadwinner of the family.

I tore my Achilles' tendon in September 2005.

Being from Serbia makes us tough and eager to prove that we can come from this country that has been through so much and still be successful.

Yeah, it's never easy, someone serving like Ivo.

Where you have a little setback or you are out of the team you're considered a different player but you know you will come out of the other side of it.

Obviously I've had my setbacks, but those have enabled me to be the man I am today.

I have had a lot of setbacks that I have learned from.

There's always going to be setbacks.

Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.

There's nothing like work to take your mind off setbacks.

I've had a series of setbacks in my life, which I've written about.

I've had many setbacks.

Setbacks make you want to be better again.

I've had a lot of setbacks outside the ring.

Setbacks are just learning experiences.

We've all got setbacks.

I've had some real hard setbacks in this sport and I learned to realize that you can't really build who you are on what people say. That's ultimately building your foundation in sand.

You can learn a lot from setbacks.

Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.

When you win in straight sets, where is the challenge?

No one sets their life out and says, 'Boy, this is what I think I'm going to go through.'

I want to not settle for one thing. Because I come from a place where I have nothing to lose.