Quotes About Struggle

I've been beat up pretty badly back in my day.

You want things to go well at a new club but life isn't that easy. So if you play badly you have to work more.

People don't take badminton seriously. When I played, people never took me seriously.

The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.

My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.

The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy.

I think the term 'hero' comes with a lot of baggage.

I was really sensitive because people would say they thought I was a boy or call me a boy and stuff like that. I always had my hair back and, like I said, baggy clothes. So it was kind of sad. I didn't know what to do about it, and I didn't know what I was doing wrong because I was just being me.

I was always the sniffly kid with bags under my eyes.

Whatever you want me to bake, I'll do it badly.

I'm bad at baking. I'm bad at letting go of things. I'm probably bad at reading.

Balance is the enemy of art.

It's important to feel settled and balanced in life, and that has been tough for me to do.

There's a lot of kids that don't even have a chance to live a balanced lifestyle. Not have to worry about food or clothes or education, or being able to play sports.

I'm going bald. I'm having a major problem with it.

Everything is not beautiful at the ballet. It's tough.

I was afraid when I came to the Royal Ballet that it would be easy to have everyone walking all over me if I didn't stick up for myself.

I definitely don't feel like I'm watching ballet during 'Raze.'

The only family I knew was the Royal Ballet and I didn't feel I was part of it in a way. I moved up quite quickly so I didn't make many friends. You are on your own in that sort of place.

I didn't have a childhood, really, because I worked my whole life and... other reasons. So when I had some success, I went ballistic. That was my childhood, and the party kept going on.

I did ballroom dancing at school, but I was atrocious.

Ballroom is a man's world. It's tough for women, particularly single women. But I've never expected life to be anything but tough.

Everybody drops balls every once in awhile. I just can't let it happen.

It would be great to go out there to catch all the deep balls and keep scoring and scoring, but obviously teams are not going to let that happen.