Quotes About Resilience

I think that black people making art, women making art, and certainly black women making art is a disruptive endeavor - and it's one that I enjoy extremely.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

I can't understand how some guys get tired after one round. If you can't go the distance, why are you even in the fight?

Learn to distance yourself from the criticism.

You go the whole distance as a player, the last thing you probably want is the coach to say, 'Okay, you've gone this far, I'm going to take you out.'

I have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.

Despite my work, I know some in politics will never support me. I see them distort my record.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

You must not let your negative emotions distract you from achieving your goals.

Nothing will distract me from my focus, my galactic mind.

Nothing can distract me.

When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.

People who come through television, if they don't get distracted, they learn how to shoot fast. They don't get shocked. And if they know how to adjust to that and they think outside the box, then they'll be fine.

Many times I have gotten distracted. That has hurt or impeded success.

Lord knows one can use a distraction during divorce, and it's great to feel you are again successful on your own, with your own identity.

Wrestling kept me sane during dental school. That was the hardest time of my life, and I don't know how I would have made it without the distractions of wrestling to keep me afloat.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

You're always having those life-skills type discussions about decision-making. It's just making sure you're making good decisions and going about your business. There are distractions in every city.

Whatever career you are in, you always have other distractions.

I can't let distractions get in the way.

I feel attention sometimes in games, from fans and other players. But I just try to play the way I always have, remain focused, and don't let distractions get in my way.

In international sport you get distractions all the time, but at the end of the day that shouldn't affect how you deliver a ball or how you hit a ball.

There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore, and I think they were a problem for me.