Quotes About Resilience

You can't fight if you have any compassion or anything like that.

Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate.

Even though I didn't realize that I was about to launch into a two-year struggle, a deep and compelling sense told me that I had to walk the path I'd chosen - or rather, the path that seemed to have chosen me.

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.

I'm used to putting so many things aside to be able to compete.

You continue to compete against the very best every day, and you will get better, or you'll be embarrassed.

If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.

When I'm in the car, if you didn't know my story and just saw me driving, you wouldn't know the difference between me and any of the other drivers. I'm just out there competing.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

When I'm competing, I need to be strong.

I enjoy battling, and I enjoy competing.

Competition is not going to kill us.

If other people have problems with my competitions, then there's nothing I can do.

I am competitive and I feel bad when we lose. You can see it in me when we've lost. I'm in a bad way. I don't like to talk to anyone.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

In Uruguay, we are competitive; that's part of our character.

I'm a very competitive person and losing doesn't sit well with me.

You coach at a have-not school, and you have to have a competitiveness and a resolve and resiliency about you that's different, or you'll never make it. You've got to find a way to do more with less.

As a competitor, when you have a bad play, all you want is to get the ball again and get going.

I'm an athlete, I'm a competitor, so whenever you have a loss, you feel it in your heart.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

I don't care if I'm drafted one, five, 72, or last pick. I'm going to come in with my head low, ready to work, and that is not going to change me. That's why, whatever team drafts me, you're going to get the same person, the guy that is going to be a competitor, a guy that is passionate about the game.