Quotes About Adversity

Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.

I have seen several hardships since I was a child. As a result, I don't perceive things the way most people do.

I've always has been involved in things that may be perceived or may synonymously be associated with pressure, so it's never been a bother.

I've been put in multiple boxes as blogging and as an influencer and not really perceived as a businesswoman, and that's something that I've really had to grow into.

I don't think the game should be perfect. It's 95 percent mistakes out there - you have to work with 10 players on your side and another 11 against you. It's a crazy, chaotic game.

I'd been fired by CBS News in a semipublic way, and as the months went by, there was a perception that I was damaged goods.

When things begin to go bad, the perception of people makes it worse.

You can accept that perception of yourself that you're getting too old to be interesting or buyable. Or you can kind of do what you do and see what happens.

I haven't had a perfect life.

Everyone should get sacked at least once. It forces you to look at yourself... It is important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life. Perfection doesn't exist.

A lot of people are gonna hate me before they like me. I'm perfectly fine with that.

I tell myself that my body is not robotic and it doesn't behave perfectly, and... things can go wrong that are out of your control.

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.

I know perfectly well that in football, you have good times, and you have bad times.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.

I've dealt with bigger things than the odd performance, dealt with a hell of a long time out of the game from an injury which shouldn't have kept me out for that long. I've had to deal with fears of not playing again, I'm a bigger man for it and I will be better for it in the future.

For me, it's been a long road of growth. Not only as a performer but as a man, as a father and all that kind of stuff so at one point in my career I really just wanted to give up and hang it because I wasn't getting anywhere, I wasn't getting myself in good shape.

I wouldn't be the performer I am if everyone thought I was the best. Having people against you, or who don't quite believe in you, gives a lot of extra fuel to never settle.

Every performer will have a bad night. It's just inevitable.

Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.