Quotes About Struggle

It's really hard to do this life - to be a human being alone.

There are millions out there who aren't getting an even break. They're being done down.

Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle.

I'm just not very good at being happy all the time.

Good TV is not about people being happy; it's drama.

I was obviously never good enough to play at a top level, or even anywhere close to that, if I'm being honest. That's the reality.

Things haven't always worked out how I want them to, but the eventuality of being honest is a daily gift.

I hate being human.

Sometimes being human isn't enough.

Me being myself, I'm not happy when I'm not playing.

Sometimes it's really weird being an artist, and I deal with that best by being myself.

When I was a kid, award shows were super-interesting for me. But when I started making music, it was kind of hard to watch because I believed in what I was doing and yet knew I didn't really have a shot.

I'm a believer in starting from the bottom.

I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.

As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes to front-office jobs, management believes you'll never be as good.

I am proud, but I'm annoyed with myself for not believing in myself enough.

But, most of the time it takes people to hit rock bottom for them to start believing in themselves, and start seeking help.

I remember I started isolating myself. I stopped going to church and believing in God. People would say to me 'Be happy,' and I was like that's easier said than done.

Life's not always going to be bells and whistles.

I do not want to belong to cinema history. I am a woman - I know I'm doomed anyway.

I know what it's like to be young and to feel like you don't belong.

I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.

We all want to belong to something, and we all want to feel as though we have a legacy, and when you see two characters that have had that taken away from them, I think that just feels very real and very human.

The people around me saved my life, not MMA. It was people who said, 'You're better than this,' who told me, 'You don't belong in this world.' MMA and jiu-jitsu and training gave me an escape.