Quotes About Courage

I'm like the only Kiwi that can fly, I'm the one with the biggest wing.

I'm spreading my wings at last.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

I feel like I grow wings on stage.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

I would dream that this coffin had wings, and it would fly around my bed at night, and so it was a dream that happened a lot, and that's what frightened me.

In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

My mother always gives the best advice. When I left Puerto Rico to pursue my dreams, she always supported me and said to me, 'I'm never going to cut your wings, so don't let anyone else do that to you.' That has been my philosophy through life. I want to share that valuable lesson with my little girl someday.

If everybody were to eat the 'Wings of Death,' you'd have a better understanding of them.

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

I do have a belief in God, and no matter what happens to me, things are gonna be OK. It doesn't matter whether the tumours have spread or not, because either way, I'm gonna turn out a winner.

I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.

That's how I live my life, with belief. I am a winner.

A winner for me is someone who stands up for the right, is honest and can even go against their friends while pursuing truth.

I gotta do what I think is right, and if enough people like it, I'm a winner. And if they don't, I'll open a bookstore.

Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me.

When you lose a game of football, you can still be a winner by taking it on the chin and getting on with it.

People were telling me it was refreshing I was real because previous 'X Factor' winners were too afraid to say anything. I decided to go against the grain. But I took it too far.

You can look at any industry and sector and then figure out how high is your glass ceiling. Do you want to diversify or do you want to penetrate the ceiling? Because the ones who break the glass ceiling are going to be big-time winners, but it will be a longer-term view on things and requires a lot more courage, a lot more guts.

Perseverance doesn't always mean winning and losing. Perseverance means showing up and rising to the occasion and performing.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.