Quotes About Struggle

I had to work to eat. I couldn't even complete a basic elementary education.

Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.

I'm happy with Arsenal. I know to be in the first eleven is hard, and it is always like that in a big club, but I must keep fighting.

Eleven years of acting it has been for me, and I still sometimes think I am not cut out for this. I hate the people-pleasing that goes with it, and the stupid politics, but that is with every kind of work and job.

I see myself as a power puncher, but for some reason, I can never sell myself that I'm one of the elite.

Many think that elite athletes like me are taken care of. But that is not true, only a few like Sindhu are looked after well.

I think sometimes my skin has been so bad I was embarrassed to seek help.

I take antidepressants, which I was embarrassed about for a long time, but it keeps me going.

There's nobody in the arts in my family. It was kind of embarrassing to even say that I wanted to be an actor.

I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.

I was embarrassing against Spinks.

When you lose 4-1, it's a bit embarrassing.

Early in my career, I was only being dissed by Chingy. Now, I'm being dissed by Eminem. Life is great.

You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.

I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.

I know what it means to be a slave, both physically and emotionally.

We were ambitious. The several levels of Dante's inferno that we had to go through emotionally within the band to be able to stick to it, was crazy. That's ambition.

It is possible to call God 'Lord,' to feel emotionally connected to faith, to do the altruistic things and still not want God.

It was tough because I was on the road so much, on top of everything. I went through what every girl goes through emotionally in life, going through high school. It wasn't easy.

I hate to lose. Sometimes, I let my emotions get out of control.

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

To go through the agonizing process of learning how to walk again and write again and speak again makes you much more empathetic to people.

Becoming an artist is not empirical; it's not about hard work. You have to put the work in, but that doesn't mean you're going to make it.

I'm just going to try to stay employed. That's the tough part in this business.