Quotes About Resilience

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.

I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.

As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.

To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to.

At 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.

Let's put it this way: The animal inside of me has not quieted down yet. It's still there. It's still fighting.

I played with high ankle sprains.

You never want to see anybody get hurt... but if you've ever played basketball before you've probably sprained your ankle so that stuff happens. It's part of the game.

My ankle is giving me a lot of problems.

When you sprain an ankle, you're kind of off-balance a bit.

I've played with sprained ankles before, bruises, stuff like that.

I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

If someone says I can't do something, I always think I'm going to totally do this to annoy you.

It is always annoying when you cannot play and cannot help the team.

I'm just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.

There is always going to be another game and another day.

I'm the sort of person who doesn't hear the word 'no' - I hear 'find another way to get what you want.'

Don't take 'no' for an answer.

There aren't always answers for the questions you're looking for, so I have to make peace with that sometimes.

If I see something in somebody, if it's something similar in my shot, I feel like it's the same type of thing in life. People who tell you what to do all the time or have all the answers for you, it's like, 'OK, whatever.' But if you've gone through something in life, you can speak to something a little more.

The anti-Semitism was not easy, and it still isn't. You never really get used to it. You're aware it's out there but you're never fully prepared for it.

Don't try to anticipate or worry about something you can't control.

I have had anxiety literally my whole life.