Quotes About Adversity

I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy.

In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.

Before my diagnosis with leukemia, two years ago at the age of 22, I'd always excelled at making resolutions. But I was never as good at keeping them.

Dad lived his life in a way that it was his character, not his circumstances, that dictated what his life looked like.

When you've got hardly any equipment, very little money and no access to any information, your sound is very much dictated by you, your setup and what you're listening to. Nothing more.

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

All enchantments die; only cowards die with them.

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.

My father died when I was young, and after he did, my mother had it tough. Very tough.

My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

We're not like Alice In Chains where somebody dies and the band breaks up.

I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.

I've been lucky that I haven't encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds.

I want to do different kind of roles that people don't want to do.

I come from nothing. Growing up I didn't really have too much, and I can tap into that anytime that I want to and just remember how bad things were for me growing up and just knowing that I never want to go back there and I don't want my kids to go through it.

I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years.

I watch a little bit of tape to pick up small stuff, but I don't try to pick apart my opponent's game plan. I'm going to keep coming forward. I don't ever take a step backward. I get hit, and I'm right back into range.

Everybody has stories about using duct tape. Of course, most don't try to lift a car with it.

The important thing in life, not just in sports, is to be able to set a new target in front of you, which is very much related to the deck of cards you've got available.

I feel like I have a target on my back, but ain't nobody hitting it.

If you think people are against you and that you're a target, things will start appearing that way. I just go about my day, and I don't think anyone is out to get me.