Quotes About Challenges

I think life is what you live every day, and it just keeps coming at you. You never know what it's going to be.

I never had an understanding of Billy Martin. I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way he managed Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there.

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis.

I was always different from people. Especially being from Kentucky, I always got made fun of.

There is going to have to be austerity in the state of Kentucky.

The spacing is so much different in the NBA... There's more spacing, more 1-on-1. I got more space to do work - something I didn't get to show at Kentucky.

It's a tough business, yes it is. But I've been fortunate. The only real hard times I had was when I was with Montague's Kentucky Serenades. We really had it tough then.

Like half of Kentucky, my family has pre-existing conditions.

The hardest guy I had to guard: Hakeem Olajuwon. No one can guard Hakeem. And then, Kevin McHale.

From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.

I was getting a little bit bullied by guys who thought I was taking their customers, and it got to the point where I was anxious every time I set up my keyboard.

For me, I don't kick because I don't have legs.

People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents.

You kick around long enough, and good things can happen.

Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.

I just want to be at the best place possible to ensure that I really kick on in my career, that I constantly have challenges, because in football, you don't have long. It's easy to become complacent when game time comes so easily, and you're doing so well.

I was kicked out of the house, and I was really difficult as a kid. I'm happy it happened because I was able to grow so much from it, you know? It's always hurtful to feel that you can't be on the same page with people that you love as much as your family. Sometimes they don't know how to deal with all the things that are coming at them.

I ended up dropping out of high school at 16 and getting kicked out of my home. My parents told me, sadly, that because I was so disruptive to the rest of the household, that I could no longer live under their roof.

Life has kicked me hard, hasn't it? Some of it's my fault, some of it's not my fault.

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

I kicked off... and things went on from there... down and down.

I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.

I got kicked out of every school I ever went to.

Champions all get kicked when they're down.