Quotes About Adversity

As cliche as it sounds, I've always told myself, 'Don't worry about the things you can't control. Control the things you can control.' That battle has beat up on me for years.

All the child-star cliches, I've tried very hard to avoid them all.

When it does not click offensively, it is very easy to get down defensively.

I remember being 32 years old and feeling great, better than ever physically. Then at 33, I tore my shoulder and was out for eight months, and it was like I fell off a cliff. I was never the same.

People want people to do well. You can get focused on the bitter side of it, like, 'Everybody wants you to fail. Everybody's keeping the door closed to you,' but that's not true at all. Everybody's kind of in the same boat.

Being a manager is the closest buzz I'll ever get to playing. For every low, you get a high, and that becomes an addiction and a feeling you are always chasing.

And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.

It doesn't matter I have not always been at the biggest clubs.

I had criticism in different clubs I played for. When i played in Corinthians, Tottenham and Barcelona there was some criticism but I always did my work, trying to do my best.

You learn something from everyone, even the bad coaches because they tell you something and you think, 'I'll never do that in the future.'

If I have learned anything from my coaches, it's that the next game is the most important. The next game is the one that gives you confidence or gets you into trouble.

Great coaches can't win always in life.

I've been yelled at by coaches since I was 12 years old playing AAU basketball.

Coaches respect each other, and it's a tough business.

I've gotten into spats with coaches, players, as well. It's just what happens in the NFL.

When things go bad, the best thing to do is keep working and keep coaching.

Coaching in England was a positive experience but also many negative things happened.

Anytime we lose a game, there it goes. The roller coaster's going down.

There's a roller coaster effect when you're playing good. Everything seems to go your way. But once you start playing bad, you're playing bad.

I'm not afraid of cockroaches.

It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.

The best times in Cold Chisel were when we were all in the back of the car together, us against the world.

Watching talented colleagues walking away from the Cabinet table is never easy.

I didn't collect my GCSEs. I didn't even do most of them.