Quotes About Resilience

Mum never made an excuse, even when she had cancer and had a lot on her plate. You have to have huge admiration for the way she brought us up.

My parents have never given me anything on a plate.

My parents used to struggle to put food on our plates. Whatever little money they got, we had to make do with it.

I always had the confidence. The platform, guys getting injured and giving me multiple opportunities, that has allowed me to showcase it.

As an international batsman, I have to come out to bat under any situation. Sometimes a platform has been laid; on others, we have to build one. That's part of our job, and that's why international cricket is so challenging.

My parents keep telling me to be thick-skinned in the industry. They tell me how people will put you up on a high platform and then bring you down. They also tell me to not believe in the image created by the hype.

I'm honored to be a part of the #ShowEm campaign because it recognizes the importance of who we are at our core and what drives us to become who we want to be, no matter what obstacles we face. Jockey has given me a platform to show people that the impossible can be possible if you keep fighting and believing.

I am ready to work in any industry whether its Bollywood, Hollywood, the digital platforms, South Indian film, or Bengali films. Wherever I get a good opportunity, I'll be there.

I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell as a kid made me sensitive to what others in this world go through, too.

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why.

No excuses. Play like a champion.

Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

We can't always play the perfect game.

I know that one day I won't be good enough to play baseball anymore. But as long as I have an opportunity to, I want to keep fighting.

Just flush it if something bad happens. That's the way I was raised to play baseball.

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

I just go out there and play basketball. I'm not worried about missing. I just got to be thinking about the next shot.

If you don't like the pressure you shouldn't play basketball.

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

It gets frustrating when you play basketball for your whole life and then it gets taken from you for a little bit.

For so long I focused on all that I had lost - my legs, my anonymity, even my freedom in a way. I couldn't jump in the car, blast some music and just get away for a bit. I couldn't play basketball with my brothers. I couldn't even get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom without making it some sort of production.

I was a 6-foot-tall 13-year-old who couldn't play basketball. I moved around all the time as a kid, and at each new school, the coach would say, 'He's the great white hope' - but I couldn't play ball. So my thing was jokes and characters and making fun of myself and being the 6-foot-9 Jewish guy. That was my way into show business.

I like to play basketball. Sometimes if someone takes that away from you, you've got to get in your feelings for a reason.