Resilience Quotes

"There’s nothing truly to be afraid of, when you think about it, because I’ve failed before, and I woke up the next morning, and I’m okay." "I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I’m willing to work harder than you." "I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury—unless it’s completely debilitating—I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming." "It doesn’t bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all. Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don’t hold any whatsoever." "People say bad things about you in the paper on Monday, and then on Wednesday, you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread. I’ve seen that cycle, so why would I be nervous about it happening?" "Only an idiot would doubt my return." "If you don’t succeed at first, there’s no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again." "Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again." "You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over." "If you’re hurt, lick your wound and get up again. If you’ve given it your absolute best, it’s time to move forward." "My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost." "The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face." "Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes." "Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame." "A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing." "You don’t have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe." "I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK." "No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room." "I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me." "Too many easy victories can ruin a fighter just as much as a long line of defeats."