Quotes About Adversity

In juniors, sometimes you have an easy match. Sometimes the girls can play stupidly. In seniors, every match is complicated. Even if the girl plays stupidly, she'll fight back and try to win.

You got to be willing to be knocked out to win a fight. You got to be willing to get booed off the stage to get a standing ovation.

At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.

The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings.

I'm just going out there and doing my job, so whatever it is - if it's a hard slide protection, if it's a double team, or even a triple team or a chip - whatever it is, I'm just finding ways to win, so that's about it.

I think this is the biggest win in my career. To beat Venus in Wimbledon is just something amazing.

I totally go against the theory that you got to win to be successful. It's how you handle your situation.

There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go down holding their face or whatever and get someone sent off. There are all these little things and you're hoping that you're not on the wrong end of it.

I don't speak English, so I'll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

If you talk to somebody else, they can say whatever they want about you, but I'm pretty secure with what I've done and my fights. Win or lose, it's all experience, and it shapes the person you are and the instructor you are.

Win or lose, I always learn something.

They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills.

Steve Nash, Grant Hill, they were always preaching whether you win or lose. You have to keep an even keel, keep a level head.

Whether you win or lose against English teams, you always feel it's been a proper contest.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

Did you ever run behind a slow pack? You get a trailing wind and a lot of body odor.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you.

I grew up in a family of peasants, and it was there that I saw the way that, for example, our wheat fields suffered as a result of dust storms, water erosion and wind erosion; I saw the effect of that on life - on human life.

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.