Quotes About Adversity

I had to start all the way down the divisions and that is really difficult. You might be playing well and having great performances - but nobody ever watched us.

I think divorce doesn't necessarily bring out the best in people.

Divorce is hard, and it takes a lot out of you.

When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.

My parents were divorced when I was seven years old and later we kids moved all over first with my mother and then with my father.

When you get 10-15 minutes, you can't be sad or angry with the coach. You just have to play your game and do your best. That is in my mind always.

It doesn't matter who it is, everyone wants to compete, everyone wants to win and you have to do your best because if you let up for one second something bad will happen to you.

The sickle-cell got me where doctors said I couldn't play sports, I couldn't overexert myself.

I'm not really good with authority, but you know, when the doctors said that I won't be playing professional tennis again , it was another, sort of another thing in my life where I'm going to prove someone else wrong.

When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.

During my time in the Dolls, I was told that I shouldn't sing, that I wasn't allowed, and I suppose that had an impact on me.

You can't always be on top and dominant throughout.

I'm fighting Donald Trump every day.

Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.

I didn't do a lot of fighting as a kid. But I hit doors a lot.

You might go into 'Dope' feeling you already know what this movie is because, all right, there's kids, they're from Inglewood, oh, it's drugs.

I think you just have to give yourself a dose of reality. Things don't always work out the way you want them to in life.

I like to think that with a double team, not every double team is going to be successful.

A lot of times getting double- or triple-teamed, like triangle-and-two, it just made me be more of an all-around player.

You never plan on losing double-digit games in a season. You don't plan on losing any.

When people doubt me, I love it.

You're going to have doubts when you get cut. But you can use those moment to light a fire under yourself.

It's not just always going to be easy and winning games; you have to go through the downside as well.

A lot of people didn't really think I'd make it until the draft. The people that hate, that's a part of it. It makes me go out there and prove everybody wrong. I don't really get caught up in what they say.