Quotes About Adversity

I was working with Prahlad Kakkar's ad agency. Somebody saw me there and 'Shanti' happened.

Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.

I lost a lot of homeboys growing up, a lot of family, at early ages.

I grew up as a boy with aggression.

I think people who go through a lot, they're aggressive.

It is difficult to single out any one player, as I aim to give my best against every single player that I have played so far against.

The state of Alabama can take my freedom, the state of Alabama can take my future, but the state of Alabama cannot take my joy.

I have been a fighter all my life.

I've had it all my life - people thinking I was too small or not fast enough, not strong enough.

I grew up playing bigger guys all my life, so it's nothing different.

I choose fighting. I change all my life.

A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

It is tough enough playing the best players in the world, but to have the crowd on your back as well is extra pressure, but I seem to be dealing with it alright.

From God, I have the strength and intelligence to have alternatives and can live even without football.

I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing. We had to amuse ourselves, so we had to become amusing.

In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.

As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.

To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to.

I played with high ankle sprains.

When you sprain an ankle, you're kind of off-balance a bit.

I've played with sprained ankles before, bruises, stuff like that.