Quotes About Adversity

The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

All of us make mistakes and one learns from the bitter lessons of the past.

Wisdom is learned through experience, and sometimes experience is hard and bitter.

Experiences in life are supposed to make you better, not bitter. If one marriage doesn't work out, it's not necessary that the second one won't.

I'm a masochist in some ways. I look for things that I think I can't do, then, for some bizarre reason, I really want to do them. Maybe one day I'll take the easy route.

I can blame a lot of things for not writing songs, but cancer isn't one of them.

During the late 1940s, Europe was a pretty bleak place.

Undrafted players who get to the door and don't have their name called. It's a blessing.

I was born blind in Sapangbato in Angeles City.

I'm not going to make every shot. I'm not going to get every block. I can't let one play affect me the next two or three times down the court.

At the end of the day, social distancing's hard when you're in a huddle and when you're trying to block guys.

If you're playing basketball, you're going to get your shot blocked.

It's always an emotional blow when you lose any guy, let alone a guy like Le'Veon Bell.

If you get taken out after 20 minutes it's a big blow to you.

Losing is a tough blow to take.

The stories I most love are about the benefits of being blown off course.

There's no blueprint for success in rock'n'roll.

I always believe that if you stick with quality and give people a chance at the time, that people eventually get on board with it. It's been my experience more than not. Once in a while, there's a show that you just can't seem to break through on.

When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.

What the mind cannot retain, the body will have to endure.

When bombing is going on, you see a lot of people screaming around you and you can't do anything if you're small. You just want to break out of that and be strong.

I tore ligaments in my shoulder completely off the bone.

We are beaten, we will make no bones about it; but we are not too badly beaten still to fight.