Quotes About Adversity

You have to experience and take defeat in any and all aspects of life so you can be better and stronger.

Every loss, every defeat is tough in its own way.

Any man can be defeated.

I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be.

I've met quadriplegics who have lost the use of their limbs but not their spirit. They are not dark, defeated people.

Big defeats make us learn.

Sometimes you learn the most from your defeats.

You're gonna have pretty bad defeats. But you've gotta be able to respond and come back in and compete the next night.

There are those who say that defeats teach a lot, but also learning to win is not bad.

I am powered by the defeat in Sochi, as I am by all my defeats.

I remember that in 2017, when we won everything, we started the pre-season badly, with defeats.

Unfortunately, defeats are part of the game.

Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.

In 1994, the critics said I was too young, in 1998, that I couldn't cross the ball, and in 2002 that I didn't know how to defend.

In the NBA, if you can't defend your position, they're going to go at you over and over again.

Since my early days, I've been used to playing with older boys and strong defenders.

With every look I can get and every defense I play against I get more experience.

I don't really worry about what the defense is trying to scheme to do against me. It really doesn't matter.

My approach is always the same against any defense.

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

We can't get down on one loss or one bad defensive play. We gotta play through it.

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.

MS doesn't define who I am.