Quotes About Strength

I played lots of bullies when I was a kid.

All the kids at school would bully me and always wanted me to fight them. I never did, but if I wanted to, I totally could.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

If a guy can bully you, he will bully you.

I had people come up from NXT and say to me, 'one thing we know is that we hear you're a bully,' I say that I am because I know that I am going to be bullied back at some point so I might as well start it.

I experienced bullying in different forms.

If I take back any of the bumps, bruises or scrapes I've been through. I wouldn't be the same person.

Women friends get me through the bumps in the road.

I love legs, bums and tums classes.

I've been operated on a whole bunch. I've broken everything there is to break.

You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.

I'm 69 kilos; I don't have a burden on my back.

I'm the guy that's always defusing everything and taking the burden off a lot of people and letting everything fall onto me. Obviously, I'm built to handle it, and I don't mind doing it.

I'm a businessman, a company man, but I'm no 'yes' man.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

I don't think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that's the way I'm succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is 'I'm sorry,' and I keep moving on.

Breaking down barriers, succeeding away from home, living in another country, another culture, different football, makes you much stronger.

The more diverse a research group or a business, the more robust it is, the more flexible it is, and the better it succeeds.

Early childhood education remains one of the strongest investments we can make in the long-term success of our students and the long-term economic strength of our communities.

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said to me: 'Believe in yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.' I'm sure a lot of my success is due to her words of advice.

Being a brakeman is very physical, and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters.

I have a very fit body and have never faced any major injury problems. So yes, the secret to my success is my fit body.

I don't define myself by my successes. I define myself by adversity and how I've persevered.