Quotes About Courage

When you're under a microscope from an early age, you realize that people aren't always going to like you. And that's OK. And you're going to fail publicly, and that's OK, too.

I was able to come out as gay publicly because my family had accepted me. They thought nothing of it, and without them I wouldn't have been able to do it. If I didn't have them in my life I would have felt like I had no one.

Until I came out publicly, I wasn't really living my fullest life. I was trying to be who I thought I was supposed to be, which never turns out good, and I wasn't fulfilled.

I think it's important for black people in general to be aware of what's going on and do what you got to work around it. Not bow down to it publicly.

Publish and be dammed.

If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself.

I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.

When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.

I will not buck to pressure of delivering to publishers.

It's amazing to be a Puerto Rican fighter; we have a great history of fighters.

If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you.

You have to have the courage to pull the company up and force them to change and move.

I'm not afraid of a challenge, so I couldn't say no when KFC asked me if I wanted to attempt to pull a massive amount of Double Crispy Colonel sandwiches instead of a semi-truck like I normally do.

So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots.

I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.

I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.

I'd take a bullet for just about anyone! If someone pulled out a gun, I'd step in front of you even though I've never met you.

I've never pulled out of a fight, never not showed up to fight, so injured or not, I'm coming.

I've never pulled out of a fight.

You learn over years of expeditions that having faith, and putting one foot in front of the other, you do end up pulling off climbs that seem completely impossible. There's a certain beauty to that. It has an allure.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ, you have everything.

Pulling out of a fight is just like not taking a fight.

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

Every time you go up to the board, you get scared. It's more like adrenaline, though - you feel pumped and ready to go.