Quotes About Adversity

You can only be creative so long and then you're just down and out and completely destroyed.

Fans were booing me at one point. I just kept working, that's the main thing. I'm not going to let that deteriorate my game.

I learned how much determination I have and that no matter what the score is, anyone can come back.

People are always going to talk down or bad about you. You can't let that stuff determine what kind of player I am going to be.

I had a lot of negative comments, but it made me stronger and made me want to do more in my game. It made me more determined if anything.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

In Louisiana, we are resilient, and we are determined to meet any challenge that comes our way.

And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that's all there, but it's not meant to be shocking or telltale.

If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours.

Detroit is a hard city.

I grew up in the city of Detroit, where things were just bad.

When I was 12, I was told I couldn't play with the boys anymore, and I was devastated.

That was devastating to me: how a bright, energetic kid could turn doomed and desperate.

I want to be there for all those who are left behind in this world, whether it's because they are born poor, born a woman, or born in an area affected by devastation.

Once you lose everything, what's the worst that's going to happen to you? You develop a self-assurance.

I've not had it easy in the past - there have been developmental record deals fall through, and I had a lot of really different scenarios and really had to understand what it means to be a business person and to find your identity as an artist.

If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?

The devil I know is the establishment, and I'm gonna beat that devil.

Why is it Christians are more confident in the Devil taking me more than Christ keeping me.

If you're going to talk about the devil, at some point you've got to meet the devil.

God is working, and obviously, the devil is trying to work, too, but it will not happen.

We all have to dance with our devils. But I lead.

I'm Catholic now, I'm Christian, watch out for them Devils.

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.