Quotes About Struggle

It's always been a battle to play the Warriors.

I was seriously thinking about having a very short basketball career before the trade because of all the losing that I experienced with the Warriors, and being blamed for the Warriors demise.

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.

I had to fight with myself not to hurt people, some serious mental wars.

Religion and politics hit nerves. There's a lot of anger about a lot of things. It's not easily resolved. I guess that's what wars are about. Wars are about prejudice and fear. Hit first before you get hit. Believe me, I know.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

What I've tried to do is bring the madness out in the open. Keep it under wraps, and it erupts into wars and violence.

The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

In the United States, female fisticuffs were marginalized, first as erotic vaudeville in the 19th century and later as serious competition developed in the first half of the 20th. Legal wars waged by boxers in the 1960s and '70s won women the right to compete professionally nationwide.

'The Clone Wars' is certainly set in the darkest possible time throughout the whole 'Star Wars' story.

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.

I have lost count of how many wars I have actively and largely ineffectively tried to stop.

'The Clone Wars' got very dark as we headed towards the end of the war and the downfall of the Jedi.

One thing that you kind of know about the 'Star Wars' universe, but that you learn in a much more impactful way as you get into it, is that living in that universe is hard.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Coaches were all saying that I was really talented and I had potential, but coming from Serbia, it wasn't easy. The '90s were the hardest years for our country - we went through two wars.

I never wanted to be in the late-night talk show wars, and I think somehow with 'Totally Biased,' I got caught up in all that. Suddenly, there are articles about how we finally have a black voice in late-night.

In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

Ultimately, my books are not about the politics, although the toil and the struggle and the wars in Afghanistan have a significant impact on the lives of my characters.

I talk to all the creative directors today, and they take me aside, and they say, 'You know, it must have been great back in those days when you could do anything you wanted.' I say, 'Huh? Excuse me?' I mean, we fought. In the '60s and '70s, you fought wars with clients, and you have to continue fighting wars to do great work.

I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.