Quotes About Overcoming

I've gotten rejected a lot.

People sometimes just need inspiration to keep moving along, whether it's going to Notre Dame and being rejected, or taking a long time to bring a sports movie and Hollywood together, which took a long time for 'Rudy.'

They rejected me as a player. Newcastle said I wasn't going to be big or strong enough to make the grade, Burnley said the same. Most people said the same to be fair.

Nobody gets through life without experiencing some form of rejection, which is why everybody knows how awful it feels.

I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

I had my share of rejections.

I experienced rejection numerous times.

I used to keep a folder with all my rejection letters in it - a few years into having a job, I burned it.

You get rejection throughout your life and that shapes you eventually to what you become.

There was a lot of disappointment and rejection that came really early in my life, until I had to change my mindset and become even stronger.

Every rejection, every phone call from my agent to say, 'It didn't go your way,' I felt the layers of my skin growing. 'OK, cool, let's move on.' You have to get beyond the fear of rejection and plow on because it's intense.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.

I relate my life a lot to 'Cool Runnings,' the movie.

There's obstacles, there's challenges, there's things that come in the way. So building relationships and building some of the expectations on the front end helps you deal with them so it doesn't just all come caving in.

Disabilities are a very relative condition, it is something that defines a situation, but if you can't jump over the problem then you can certainly go around it.

Disability should not be considered a hindrance to achieving one's goals.

I'm determined to not let my skin colour or the fact that I come from Africa be a hindrance.

Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it's coming, a common response is, 'Oh no! Not again!'

A historic defeat cannot bow our heads forever.

Anything that hits us, with God all things are possible, and we get through by the grace of God.

I want to be the best. The only thing holding me back is me.