Quotes About Adversity

I tell people that the best thing that can ever happen to you is getting fired, and you can either sink or swim, and I swam like hell. The reason why I swam the way I swam was because there was nothing else for me.

When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me.

It's sink or swim for me in 2020.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

I grew up a swimmer. I didn't think I could swim without the use of my legs.

While paralyzed, I won a gold and three silver medals as a competitive swimmer.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

Swimming in the cold and the dark of British autumn is not for the faint-hearted.

I'm so used to swimming with the piranhas. And they're really not that bad.

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

The doctors told me my hearing would get worse if I continued swimming, but I loved the water so much, I just couldn't stop.

When things get better, there's a swing to the pendulum where things get worse for others.

I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone.

In 2005, our starting center, Dan Koppen, went down with a season-ending injury. Russ Hochstein was always our interior 'swing guy' - he played guard and center - and I remember Russ stepping in and playing beautifully.

When I fall behind, my swing changes.

The more you stick your neck out, the more people are going to take a swing at you when things go bad.

I had to have 25 counts of radiation, and the radiation was an obstacle I had to get over, in and of itself. It took away my appetite completely, it changed my mood swings, it would make me feel nauseous all the time.

It's very easy to make poor choices and have bad swings every now and then.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

What makes Batman and what makes other superheroes work is the myth that when life is at its lowest, and when you need a hero, a hero swings down and helps you.

I've been through difficult swings in my career.

One of my favorite books is 'The Swiss Family Robinson.' The reason is, I'm fascinated by the postapocalyptic recovery. What do we do in a disaster? How do we make do?

Over the years I have been in a lot of trouble but I've always managed to switch off and play.

When I fought Kampmann, something happened in that fight and to me, it's still the most epic moment in my career. I was losing and something happened and I flipped a switch.