Quotes About Hardship

I'm probably not supposed to say this, but the truth is, there were so many times when I thought about quitting basketball, even when I was at Louisville. My freshman year, I shot 18 for 72 from three.

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life.

I have lived poverty. I didn't choose it. No one would choose humiliation, pain, and rage.

I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything but mush for breakfast.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

When I went to my first FA Cup final, we had to pack bags in Tesco to raise enough money for a bus to London. Now, I own a house.

My mom was a hairstylist, but she quit doing that to raise the kids - there were four of us. There was no money.

I was born and raised in war.

For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.

I was raised really poor and so was my husband.

I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.

I didn't always handle the stress of raising my kids on little money well.

My father ran a grocery store.

No one knows how much we went through to finish 'Furious 7.'

I spend long days wearing a corset - but no pain, no gain.

Everyone wants to start a business in their garage - they think it's sexy - but when you actually sit as a 30-year-old in a garage, it's not so sexy.

I come from garbage.

I've been thinking a lot about the journey of my parents - just seeing the sacrifices they've made to allow me to do what I do. How much of a difference their sacrifices have made through the generations.

So I got a chance to meet a whole bunch of those old real, real rough but gentle men. They lived hard, but they lived good - in one sense, you know. But you had a lot of fun. Didn't make much money, but you had a lot of fun.

My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.

Coming to Germany is not easy. People might think it's easy because I'm doing so well, but it's not at all.

There are no shortcuts when it comes to getting out of debt.

I don't get things gifted to me.