Quotes About Struggle

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

I was only 26 when I started my career. Those days I only wanted to work. When my films did not work, I didn't know what to do. But I never went to anyone for work. Work came in search of me.

I began searching for my confidence on the pitch as a young boy.

My entire life, I've been searching for acceptance.

I didn't give myself enough love, so I was searching for it in other places, and it was a never ending struggle.

There was no support system in Seattle for musicians.

I want to finish my career in Seattle but it's rocky.

Most people don't make it to a second album.

To me basketball is secondary. I had to really fight for my life. I almost died over this game.

My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.

A fight is usually longer than five seconds.

For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.

I've always had to work to feel reassured, to feel secure, and that's not nice because you don't know where you stand.

The entertainment industry isn't secure.

I don't feel secure as an actor. I want to do more films and get accepted by masses.

When you want to form a band, there's always an overwhelming lack of drummers.

The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.

Power is never so overwhelming that there's no room for resistance.

A lot of times, I write and have to scrap it. You don't know what I'm talking about because the words are too much, and it's overwhelming.

We try to live as normal a life as we can, but it can be overwhelming at times.

At some times, my first go-round in the Olympics got a little overwhelming.

If you look at a lot of kids from the inner city, there's this overwhelming sense of hopelessness and despair, and I dealt with that first hand.

I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.

I'll go back and take what the people owe me.