Quotes About Adversity

I left Barcelona because I was brave. Neymar arrived and I played less. These things happen in football.

I really believe that some things happen for a reason, and they make you a better person.

We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am.

They've all been through bad things. So bad things happen to people. They happen to all the great men of God.

I try not to get too low. I fight adversity as hard as I can fight it, not to get too low. When good things happen, I don't really embrace it. I just say it's a lucky day.

Whenever dark things happen in my life, there is always some dark humour.

If bad things happen to you as a kid, it's hard for you to succeed as an adult.

I'm very religious. I believe that things happen, and you have to go along with them.

When you train as hard as we do, bad things happen sometimes. It's just part of the sport.

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.

While there are so many great things in my life, you get older, and you have responsibilities. And things happen, like my dad dying - things that are tough to shake off. And there are things I'm still trying to figure out.

I've made social mistakes. We've all made our mistakes and tried things we kind of wish we didn't, but we plan around it. Things happen in situations that are unique and different, and no one is perfect.

I believe that everything is divinely inspired. Bad things happen - they do - but I also think that when these bad things happen, there's an equal and opposite force that is happening, and there is good.

Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

One of the things that I somewhat realized, especially right after I was convicted, was that sometimes really, really horrible things happen for no reason.

Bad things happen. Cope!

Some people think I have a death wish. I don't have one. I just make mistakes. Bad things happen to good people.

When you fall down or slip in a situation, and somebody scores a goal, it's normal. These things happen. It happens to me; it happens to other players, I don't care about these things.

I'm from L.A. I've seen a lot worse things happen than a guy taking some glasses.

Everything is pretty good in my life, and like everybody else, things happen, and you put your head down and solve challenges.

Being in this game nine years or whatever, you understand things happen. You can only control what you control, and that's on the court. You can't make front-office decisions and other stuff. You've just got to come out and do your job. You try to do it to the best of your ability.

Players have already done a lot of groundwork trying to fight systems, I think we have to continue to do that, and as things happen to play out.

Even when bad things happen, you always want to move forward.

In this world, some things happen that we can't completely understand. That's OK; we don't have to understand it. All we have to do is understand our self, believe in our self and keep trying and keep pushing forward.