Quotes About Adversity

We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

I had to find a way of dealing with not starting matches, but when you don't play and you're surrounded by players who do, the negativity comes.

In Willesden I was surrounded by quite a few footballers, but a lot of them have fallen off, and that's not something I wanted to do.

I moved to the States, and that was a big thing for me. I moved to Miami, and I joined the Blackzilians. For me at the time, it seemed like the best logical solution, but sometimes surrounding yourself with new people is not good.

In England, especially, mentally if you're not strong it can eat you up. There's the media, all the negativity surrounding footballers. If you're not mentally strong, it can eat you.

I try not to pay too much attention to the surroundings when you've got plays to worry about. It doesn't really matter. All we need is the grass and a couple of lines. We'll make it work and execute no matter what. At the end of the day, that's football.

Some people don't have the right surroundings to help get them through an experimental time or a tough time.

When surroundings change, we should also change how we make money.

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.

Fear is always there; it's a survival instinct. You just need to know how to manage it.

When you're in survival mode, you numb yourself.

Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.

Success is survival.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air.

When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.

I'm always looking for a story of survival.

Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I'm prone to the blues.

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

Both 'Saturday Church' and 'Pose' are incredible because they demonstrate something essential about survival. When you get pushed hard enough by certain circumstances, your survival mechanism kicks in, and you grow into the things that you need or are missing in your life.

Survival is not just a physical thing. It's a constant mental affair. So, I kind of really draw a lot of power from that word.

Outside of my family, I was always inspired by true heroic stories of leadership and survival. For example, the story of the Shackleton expedition, when their ship became lodged in the Antarctic ice pack while exploring.

I don't really know any survival skills of any kind.