Quotes About Strength

Who says men don't cry? I used to sob like a baby as I was forced to move around in a wheelchair for two months after twin surgeries on my toes.

I was on the wheelchair for six months and lost all hope of returning to the field. I thought my career was over, but my brother kept on encouraging me. 'All that you need to do is to be resolute to return to the field,' he said. These words turned out to be magical.

I just want to get to the places I can't get in the wheelchair, you know? I want to stand up.

I'm pretty physically vulnerable, just being in a wheelchair.

I never sat on a wheelchair during my recovery, never wanted to sit at all. Its also a bit psychological. I thought if I sat on a wheelchair once, itll remain stuck to me for a lifetime.

I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn't care for it in other people either.

Wheels come off? Get on with it. Cope. Survive.

I was at a birthday party and a truck backed up and the wheels ran over my chest. I lost part of my lung and my liver.

When all else fails, trust God.

When in doubt, use brute force.

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

I've done it before, and I might do it whenever we need to as a big guy... I'll take it. A hard foul is part of the game, which is good.

In regards to core training, I try to incorporate the medicine ball whenever possible. As a baseball player, there is a lot of twisting and turning that I will do. Keeping my abs strong is as important as anything else.

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

I do believe my mum looks after me, and I feel so much faith thinking that she is riding with me and is with me in everyday life, whenever I need her.

Whenever I feel I am going through my own 'little' challenging moment, I just think about my mom.

Nothing in baseball can bring me down to the level where I was growing up in Pine Bluff, crying and broke. This is fun for me. Whenever you see me slumping, nah, I don't get upset; I'm all right.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.