Quotes About Adversity

If nothing is at risk, nothing is established.

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

'Rocky' and 'Rocky III' were the best.

I know about two things: 'Rocky III' and Clubber Lang, and 'A-Team' and B.A. Baracus. That's who I am!

'Rocky' I tend to watch through to the end every time.

Those 'Rocky' endings are great in the movies and on the stage, but I don't think it would be too smart for me to get into that kind of fight in the ring.

It is never easy for sure against Roger.

I wanted to be a role model, and a series of events took it away from me.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

I think things hit me very hard, and I wish I had allowed things to roll off my back a little bit more.

I heard so much negative about the rookie year, but it really wasn't like that for me.

You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.

You may not like Mr. Roosevelt, but if he loss the war, we all lose it with him.

It is easy to play well when things are going rosy.

I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.

I've always been a rough kid.

I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.

Things aren't always going to go your way. You wake up one day, and things are rough. But then you wake up the next day, and things are going great.

I'm not writing about the 1 percent of people who have this fairy-tale, amazing life. I'm writing about people like me, who maybe had a rough childhood.

I myself had a rough life and it's been a struggle but I believe my gift is the ability to connect with everyone.

You grow up rough, you think differently. You think you've got to protect yourself at all times. I didn't want any help. I thought I could do everything by myself, which you can't.

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.