Quotes About Adversity

My parents were severe alcoholics. When I was about 17 years old, I finally left home. It wasn't a choice that I made; it was basically like my parents were gone.

I've had to deal with racism, sexism, rumors, malice, a little bit of everything.

I was obviously in NXT for a while and had some success, but then I found myself lurking in the shadows and not really doing much.

I don't think I'm going to dwell on one pitch. You've got to be able to shake that off in the middle of the game.

If there's a problem and you want to do something after then we'll go and talk about it after, but for me you shake hands at the end of the game and get on with it.

When you grow up with constantly being told or made to feel that you are less than, then it's very difficult to grow into an adult and to shake that off.

If you grow up poor, I'm not sure you ever shake that off.

This is all I've ever known. I don't know what it's like to not walk shaky.

Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her.

Everything about who I am, negative and positive, is what shaped me.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.

We train so that every fight I look great, I look sharp, I'm in shape and I'm prepared for whatever is in front of me.

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

We always want to keep a clean sheet, but there are situations we can't control.

I have created a shell around me, in the good and the bad moments.

After a sheltered life, I went the other way. I wanted to prove how tough I was.

I was someone who used to live a sheltered life.

After a couple of years, in 2010, Ring Of Honor went through a shift in management, and the people that came in and took over kind of decided that they wanted to push me out. They weren't fans.

I've always felt in my career - fighting, wrestling, boxing - that the bigger the fight is for me, the more the pressure is on, the more that I shine. The more that the best comes out in me.

My light shines when things get really tough.

My never-say-never attitude has helped me a lot. That's why after a short period after the accident, I'm capable of doing almost everything on my own.

Just because you miss shots, you can't doubt yourself. It's easier said than done.

When you're at the bottom, everybody is taking shots at you. It's up to you to stay with it and fight through it.