Quotes About Struggle

The rug was yanked out from under my feet by a misdiagnosis. All I want to do is fight.

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

I tried sports, but I ended up being a paramedic. There was to be no rugby for me. Believe me, I did try, but I fell short. Rugby is tough, man.

Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life.

I think people are forcefully dragging me under bad light to ruin my career.

There isn't a carer in the world who doesn't say, 'I hate it. My life is being ruined. I didn't see my life like this.'

These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from.

I lost in my first ever 400m race, the event I almost ruled later.

I was expected to run the same as Roberto Carlos or Cafu, but I just couldn't do it.

I don't know if you could call me a natural-born runner.

I have always been running away from dance numbers. That's been my problem.

I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

I've always been a gurner. I tried to reel it in. You know there was a period when I thought I was going to be a really serious actress, but the gurning... I can't get in control of it. It just runs away with me.

Sometimes what happens is you're not getting wickets; you're going for runs. You just want to get away.

I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South.

Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon.

If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.

I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well.

Revolutions in Russia are even worse than bad czars.

It's very easy to fall into a rut where you're just making things that you don't believe in for other people.

The worst part about getting in a rut in football is the weeks are so long.

I did sign to Ruthless Records, but they didn't really support me.

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.