Quotes About Adversity

Sophomore year, I got hit in the stomach playing football, and I was out of school for four months. I was in the hospital for two and then out of school for two.

I knew when I left school, my stomach would probably hurt from having nothing to eat, and I would be going back to those same circumstances that were breaking me.

You might not be able to stomach it, but as long as you can mind it, your heart will be all right.

How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.

I used to fill my stomach with water because I didn't have money to pay for food.

How many people in the women's division can say they wrestled Robert Stone? Just me. To me that's cool. It doesn't always matter if you're in the title picture, you just gotta make the best of what you're given and it was fun for me.

Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.

That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone.

I refused to beat my head against stone, of course.

I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be if you just coasted along without any challenges? Without learning about who you really are through the process of going through the darker times? Without feeling the sense of elation when you reach even a small stepping stone?

My biggest moment was me beating Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the championship.

When you are fighting a man who is over a stone heavier than you, you feel it. You feel it in the punches and in the clinches.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

As for how do I respond to those who want to throw stones, well, I don't.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Some days are diamonds. Some days are stones. Sometimes you have a couple of stones in a row.

Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.

You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.

There was a phase when I cried for days and doubted my decision to be an actor when my films were not doing well. But soon I stood up and decided to do something that could set me apart. I decided to excel in what others didn't have, I focused on my actions and my fitness.

Growing up with my brothers all boxing has stood me in good stead for nights like these. You should have seen some the fights we used to have in our front room.

Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that didn't want him to play, and he stood up to it.

I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.