Quotes About Resilience

I grew up in a place where books were very, very scarce, and I loved to read. I used to read the writing on my breakfast Ovaltine over and over again because it was in front of me, and I couldn't help but read anything that was in front of me.

I had six brothers, we used to fight for breakfast, for food. I'm not going to be scared by anyone with two arms, two legs and a heart.

Algeria is not breaking up.

My marriage was breaking up, and my marriage with Chong was breaking up. I had to come back and kind of start on my own again.

There is only so much abuse a man can take until he reaches breaking point.

People who never get anxious always amaze me. The world could be breaking up, and they're saying, 'Everything's fine!'

That's just always the way my mind has worked, is taking something that seems impossible, or too big, and then breaking it down into these pieces so that I know how to get there.

Sometimes in life you reach your breaking point, when you just can't deal with something anymore.

Honestly, for me only playing 14 minutes my rookie year and breaking my leg. To be able to play all 82, that was really cool for me... That was, for me, a huge accomplishment. Something I'm really proud of for sure.

Everyone has a breaking point.

Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.

I don't believe in breaks. Not yet. I'm too young.

Russian machine never breaks.

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.

You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.

When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.

When a play breaks down, yeah, I've been blessed with the ability to make plays.

Sometimes you get hit on the nose and nothing happens, then you get hit and something breaks.

A lot of tough stuff, tough breaks happen, but that's just the NBA. That's just the way it is.

You know I can handle the pressure. There ain't no sleep, there ain't no breaks and that's what I love about this business. That's what I love - I'm always on the go, baby!

We've had lots of breaks, especially over the last 10 years, so to still be getting together and to be able to get on stage and play together is a big deal.

Yes, people are always predicting a big breakthrough for me, but it has never happened. I don't know why, exactly. But I don't worry about it.

What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.

When I was working on 'Everyday Living,' I was going through a breakup.