Quotes About Resilience

I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

The future will be good for those who work hard and sharpen their skills.

All my life, I've been the kind of person who could shatter easily.

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

When my mother and my grandmother died three months apart, I knew my world was over. They were everything to me and my world was shattered.

Playing 90 minutes, you're absolutely shattered afterwards.

We always want to keep a clean sheet, but there are situations we can't control.

Part of the attraction to golf may be that it's just a score on the sheet and there's not much you can do about it.

Character actors have a long shelf life.

I have created a shell around me, in the good and the bad moments.

After a sheltered life, I went the other way. I wanted to prove how tough I was.

The Shield is fantastic. They're everything they say they are.

Nothing is won on your first shift and nothing is lost on your first shift, so it's about keeping things in perspective.

Geordies get up every day, they go to work, they put a shift in.

It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters.

It is true that I did not shine as I had wanted in England, but that is part of the past.

I've always felt in my career - fighting, wrestling, boxing - that the bigger the fight is for me, the more the pressure is on, the more that I shine. The more that the best comes out in me.

My light shines when things get really tough.

If you're a fan of a fighter, as soon as they lose, don't jump ship. That's when a fighter needs their fans the most.

When you get the shirt and a position in the team, you don't want to give it up.

Nothing really shocks me anymore.

Nothing scares me. Nothing actually shocks me anymore.

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.