Quotes About Resilience

Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So when you finally get to the NBA, you've beat the odds. So when you put on that jersey, everything else is downhill.

I always go against the odds.

I beat the odds, and I beat the odds so many times.

The odds are so against me, one mom and eight kids.

I like to think I defied the odds my entire life, definitely my entire athletic career.

We were the first all-girl band that wrote and played our own stuff. You know, the odds were really against us because rock has traditionally been dominated by men.

The odds were against us being an all-female garage band from California.

We were a bonded group of girls, and it was us against the world and us against the odds.

Despite the odds we fought, 'Sanam Re' has turned out very well and I am very proud of my crew.

Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.

If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

I was compared to a bird that was too fat to lift itself off the ground.

I love biting off way more than I can chew, and that's a great motivator because it forces me to rise to the occasion.

We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.

Football has an off-season. Basketball has an off-season. TV has an off-season. Everything has an off-season except wrestling.

If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones who are really good at it are the ones who break my heart the most.

I think you can judge a man by the size of what offends him.

I'm not easily offended, and I have a certain toughness.

Seriously, we all need to get over being offended every time someone says something you don't agree with. Guess what? That's life. And I'd rather have that life any day than only hear from people who agree with me.

I'm not easily offended so whether it be a compliment or a derogatory comment, it really doesn't bother me.

I don't worry about offending people - I think most people are a lot more robust than some other people give them credit for.

In politics as in sports, the best defense is a good offense.

You're never trying to have three-and-outs; I don't care what offense you're playing.

It's difficult when you step out there with somebody like me and my offense.