Quotes About Resilience

It's never easy to watch. It's never great to see your friend or teammate put himself through hell.

It's easy to be the greatest teammate when you're winning. How about when you're losing? How about when you're down 20?

Nervenstarke means that no matter the situation, I have to show my teammates that I remain prepared and confident and there for them. They have to feel my Nervenstarke.

I used to be so focused on winning, I had a really hard time enjoying soccer. If I missed a shot, I would spend a lot of time thinking about how I'd disappointed my teammates. Then I learned how moments of struggle make you stronger.

I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches.

If I have a bad game, coaches, teammates tell me not to worry, next game I'll score. When people tell you this, it makes you comfortable.

I was a great teammate and I love all my teammates, and then No. 2 is I'm a champion. So I don't care if anyone says I suck, because I don't.

When you're on the road, you don't have any fan support, so you and your teammates always have to stick together.

Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I'm out there dealing with. I know what I'm out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I'm 100 percent.

At any level I'm not built with complacency. I think you see that in the way I play. The people that manage me know that, my teammates know that. I'm not built like that.

I think all the great ones have it. They just have a will they can put on their teammates. Refuse to lose mentality. When you step in the huddle with any of those guys, you're so calm that he knows what the heck he's doing and he can get the job done.

I get booed everywhere I go. If that can take that off my teammates, that's good. Everyone else can just be calm.

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

As someone who loves being on the field with his teammates, it's hard to hear that you're not going to be the one playing.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

As athletes, we're always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don't think about it.

I always get made fun of by my teammates for my huge calves, but I'm like, 'they make me strong and fast!'

People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.

I feel like after my incident, it really made me realize football is not here forever. I'm all the more anxious to come out here and let my teammates know, 'Look, hey, this is the same JPP. Missing fingers aren't going to stop me from playing some ball.'

When you endure an 82-game season, you have a great opportunity to build a lot of confidence and cohesiveness with your teammates and coaches.

I'm 100 percent a byproduct of my sport. I always tell my teammates that I only have muscles where they get to play.

I don't pay attention to what people think. I don't really care what people think. All that matters is my teammates and my coaches.

When you play injured, you're still judged like you're 100 percent. You know you can't do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates.

I try to attack the glass, get rebounds and create possessions for my teammates because that's what I'm here to do. But if they face guard or put two or three guys on me I'm going to keep going to the glass and keep being relentless.