Quotes About Resilience

Then I buckled up my shoes, and I started.

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.

If people throw rocks at you, collect them and build something.

Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can't stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you.

It was quite tough, not many opportunities. I remember in primary school, one of my teachers said, "As for you young man, you haven't got much of a future."

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.

Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.

Never let anyone steal your joy.

The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.

I will walk where failures fear to walk.

Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.

It's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.

When you hit bottom, the only place left to go is up.

When everything is coming your way, youre probably in the wrong lane.

High self-esteem comes from feeling like you have control over events not that events have control over you.

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.

I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.