Quotes About Resilience

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you don't give up.

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don't care.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Falling and getting back up is what brings you success.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

I have no sense of humor about losing

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.