Quotes About Adversity

All finals are tough.

I ended up moving to Dubai and going into finance after college because of family pressure. I was trying to love it, but I just didn't.

I experienced the year 2000 dot com crash and the 2008 financial crisis, and it almost wiped out the company.

My low point was after being reorganized out of running Merrill Lynch. That dismissal deeply contradicted my sense of fairness, since, at the time, my team and I had done what we were brought in to do: We had turned Merrill Lynch around from the depths of the financial crisis.

I always wanted to make 'Freedom,' but I had to drop the idea due to financial crisis.

Financial trouble, financial crisis, medical trouble, I've seen it all. But I never experienced a moment of breakdown or self-doubt, somehow.

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

Financially speaking, I haven't ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come by way of a divorce settlement to Mandy.

We're not defined by our circumstances, and we can always find a way to rise above it.

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

Everybody else is calling this 'Reggie's Team' and that's fine with me. It's just another challenge I have to face, and I look forward to it.

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

Fate gives you the finger and you accept.

Every climb is different. The Dawn Wall was so dry and aggressive that my fingers would dry out to the point where they would crack. So I actually had to add as much moisture as possible.

It's football - I would play with seven fingers if I had too, man.

When things get tough, a lot of people point fingers.

I've had broken fingers and still played for Team Canada.

My mom told me that she dislocated her fingers three times. And my dad: four times.

I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes.

There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as different as his fingertips.

Fighting somebody like Manhoef, who can take anyone out at any point in time - that was a big win for me and one of the best finishes. In that fight, it wasn't looking good for me, but I kept believing in myself and was able to land a big shot, which was huge!

Canelo's going to have his moments. I'm not saying he's not. But I'm going to have my moments. It will come down to who can finish off their moments and finish the fight the best.

I never think: 'If I crash, I'm going to hurt myself.' I might think: 'If I crash, I'm not going to win.' Everything's about that finish line.