Quotes About Struggle

Growing up, I always got 'She's a man,' or 'She plays too hard,' or 'There's just no way that she can be that good because, you know, a girl can't do that.' And I struggle with it a little bit. I'm like: Well, am I going too hard? And then I just realized, like, I'm a competitor.

I'm a competitor, and I hate losing. Hate being down on myself.

Competitors, even friends that would say things that were so homophobic, and - I don't think that they realized necessarily the impact that it was having on me, because I was in the closet, and I think that that's what made me really scared to come out.

It's tough to tell a group of competitors that you'll get it next season.

We are competitors.

When you're not winning it's easy to complain!

I'm not really happy with my football career, but I can't complain about it, either.

I work in between complaining.

I'm not complaining at all but 'A Star Is Born' hasn't helped my career in like, opportunity terms.

Everybody complaining about their average and all that, but I wanted be in there where I can help my team no matter what situation. And a lot of days, I didn't have it.

For a long time, I couldn't tell somebody how I felt or I couldn't talk about my problems because I felt like I was complaining. Writing would help me or it would be like, I can't tell you how I feel, but I can play you a song.

My complaint is that Americans drive me crazy, and the politics drive me crazy.

It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.

I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.

You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex.

AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.

It's no different than anything else in anybody else's life. Doesn't matter how simple or complex. There are days you hate it and days you love it.

In my experience, when you're writing, you want the truth, and you don't want to be apologetic in any way. But there is something in writing, the complexity of it, that works against that aim.

We all have complexity in our lives.

Life has many of its own complexities, people don't want to see that on screen too.

You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.

I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.