Quotes About Grit

I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.

Hockey players are a different breed.

I'm just a hockey player. I want to play every day.

I'm a freak when it comes to holding on the ground; it's just almost impossible holding me on the ground.

Every day, it was the same: school, homework, farm work, training. Getting hurt or dying might've been better than the life I was living.

If I have to run to put myself in the hospital, if I have to run that hard, that's how hard I'll have to run.

Many people do not know how hard I work. There are many days I work more than 18 hours.

I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective.

The marathon can humble you.

I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.

I'm really so humble because I come from nothing.

So much of myself is consumed with earning my way, doing it myself, and never feeling like things are being handed to you. Growing up that way was humbling.

I'll tell you what, this is a humbling sport.

The humility keeps me going forward.

I hung out a lot with the ring crew guys. I got along better with them then I did the other guys, the other talent. The guys that show up early in the morning and set the ring up and stay there all day and then take the ring down and drive five and six hours that night to get to the next show.

Just got to keep on keeping on.

I'll tell you this: Parenting ain't for sissies.

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I want to score but when you think of the soldiers in Iraq with bullets flying around their heads you realise a penalty isn't something to get too worried about.

I've got to worry about Alonzo Mourning, because a year or two ago there was a chance that Alonzo Mourning wouldn't be standing here talking to you. That's the cold reality of it.

I've fractured my skull twice, damaged a kidney, snapped a cruciate ligament in my knee, and broken all manner of bones, including my jaw. And I count myself very lucky it hasn't been worse!

Well, I've cleaned bathrooms in a warehouse. That was pretty terrible. But I can't complain because I'm sure other people have done worse.

My best quality is that I am persistent. My worst is that I am no fun.

Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.