Quotes About Strength

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

Having concrete, strong thoughts is very important.

I am not lost. I am very much alive.

I know that I'm not the fastest or the strongest or the best in the air, so from a very early age, I had to be positionally sound, or I was going to get beat. So you just kind of learn as you grow.

From a very early age, I realized why I was put on this planet: to fight.

I learned resiliency at a very early age.

My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.

I decided a very long time ago that I would refuse to be defined by trauma and would only be defined by success, when and where it comes.

We lived on our own for a very long time, and those are my happiest years, me and my mom.

The reality is that I've been counted out for a very long time and people continue to underestimate me and I continue to overperform.

I just kind of, like, know who I am. I think that comes from having an incredibly strong sense of purpose for a very long time.

I've had a lot of years of football so I've been in control of power for a very long time.

All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles - that is a story of everything I have done. And it's not just my story. My ancestors who came before me gave me this vessel to sculpt and mold.

I've spent a lot of time being insecure about my body, but it's done so much for me. It's my tool, my vessel for my job.

There is no bullet-proof vest in my size.

When you love somebody, and they go through a real adversity, you don't back away from that relationship. You don't say, 'When you're better, call me.' The opposite happens. Your bond strengthens, and you become even more vested.

My father, Reginald Francois, was a D-Day veteran. He never submitted to bullying by any German, and neither will his son.

One of the first things I learned from veteran teammates - as a minor league player in the Detroit Tigers organization - was that you do everything in your power to stay out of the training room. It's a survival of the fittest thing.

There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

I don't need soft talk. I'm not an old player, but a veteran. It's OK, my feelings won't get hurt.

I don't care if you're a young lion, you're an old lion, you're a veteran, you're in the middle of the pack - I'm top dog. I'm the guy.

To my mind, a mix of veterans and rookies is number one on the list of 'things that make a good Avengers team.'

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

Our veterans and service members are known for their strength, but when they're recovering from an operation or receiving emergency care, that strength can depend on seeing a spouse, talking with the kids or just knowing that loved ones are by their side. It isn't difficult to imagine what a difference keeping families together can make.