Quotes About Adversity

When I first played Othello, a reviewer absolutely slaughtered me.

The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

I'm used to bad reviews.

I'm so used to bad reviews. I really enjoy them when they're very mean!

I was horrified that my life was going to revolve around not being independent.

There are challenges in front of you that you face all the time in football. You ride through and come out the other end.

The problems you have as a kid will seem ridiculous when you get older because bigger and worse problems will come along.

When things don't go right, people are always trying to protect themselves.

Football is just like life. You have to manage adversity all the time. You have to do the right things and be ready for the moment.

When you get hurt it's hard to judge when it's the right time to pull out of a fight.

You have to choose the right club with the right people. That can have an impact when things aren't going the right way - especially when you lose 7-0!

I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.

We pretty much have barnburners with every team. There's always new teams, there's always great teams, and you always want to be in the ring with the best.

There's nothing like getting in the ring.

Every man who gets in that ring has the ability to hurt you.

When I'm in the ring with somebody like Puma, it really forces me to level up and rise to the top of my game. It's sometimes just face-melting, the kind of stuff that he can do.

I know that there is failure, but if you're prepared, you can accept whatever happens in the ring.

Once you share a ring with someone, go to war with someone... you have a different type of respect for someone.

I want a voice. I want people to know who I am and hear my story. I want people to see me get in the ring and give it everything I have, even though I come from a broken home.

We had to learn that in London and in Rio that we just weren't enough at that point. Did we believe it in that moment? Absolutely. We had to go one extra step to figure it out.

If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.

Dust does rise, doesn't it? And so can I.

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

Anytime you get to go up against guys that have done well in this league, who have dominated in this league, you have got to rise to the challenge.