There’s adversity; what are you going to do with it? Are you going to turn it into a positive ?

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

These kids are strong and have come together through a lot of adversity.

When you’re up against adversity, when your shots aren’t falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you’re not getting calls, that’s when discipline matters. Instead of flying off the handle...

Our kids were just ready to play. They just love to play. They have great character. And that adversity (the lightening) didn’t effect our guys at all.

There’s no comparison. One of the tenets of football, its essence, is triumphing over adversity. That can be your opponent, your shortcomings or it can be the weather.

I have wondered why it is that our greatest triumphs spring from our greatest extremity and adversity. Perhaps it is because we are so resistant to change, we only move when our seat becomes too...

There’s no excuse for giving up so many points. But right now we’re battling, fighting through a lot of adversity and trying to pull together as a team. All things considered, it was a great...

We always overcame every adversity, and in the end, all the critical things that had to happen did happen.

As you travel along the roads in life, there is a certain kind of peace that comes with knowing you’re on the right path. And when you are faced with adversity, it challenges you but...

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

You either learn to play hard ball or you become the ball.

(The death of his child) “was the first experience of his life, so far as we know, which drove him to look outside of his own mind and heart for help to endure a personal...

All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Sometimes when adversity strikes in your life or in your sport, you have to rise to the occasion. I thought our kids did that tonight and I’m very proud of them for that.

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed,...

Stay focus and complete the journey.

The distance doesn’t matter; it is only the first step that is difficult.

You must see challenges as virtues of opportunities for personal development. You will then have the strength to overcome the challenge.

We faced adversity and we overcame it and that’s what’s important to look at.

If everybody in the world got together and put their troubles up for sale on the table, you’d grab your troubles back and run away.

There are two ways to live our lives , the easy way and the hard way , if you choose to live the hard way , stop expecting anything at all , don’t get your...

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

My voice was a bare rasp of fear. “In the weaving room, the women say it’s never been this bad before…” “They always say that when things get difficult,” she answered softly. Then she sat...

Get the hell off your ass, stop feeling sorry for yourself. Walk down the hall with that Physical Therapist so you can get on with your life!” A little anger in a person can push...

We knew they were a great hitting team and that we were going to have to face adversity at some time this year. Today was the day to handle it.

I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.

There are things you should never give up on like your convictions and ambitions but most importantly…you should never give up on you. Keep making those sacrifices, keep running that race, keep advancing beyond your...

When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.

To live is to war with trolls.

Everyone took that game and realized we had to overcome some adversity. We were we 1-1 in the conference. Anything could have happened since then, but we managed to take it one game at a...

You shall not be afraid of the adversary. God will be your strong fortress.

My hope fuels my determination to overcome any difficulty.

Hope is immeasurable anchor.

We cleave our way through the mountains until the interstate dips into a wide basin brimming with blue sky, broken by dusty roads and rocky saddles strung out along the southern horizon. This is our...

Every adversity is an excellent opportunity for learning.

With God, all things are possible- including, dominating adulthood, swimming upstream for life, and living in light of eternity in a world that tells you all you can do is live for the moment.

The successful possess the courage to walk each day toward something; after coming through everything.

We got back to organizing things a little bit better. Sometimes, when adversity comes in a game, we kind of get away from what we’re trying to do.

Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the...

Every event has a why and all adversity teaches us a lesson… Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.

But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you’d get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you’ll never really enjoy it when...

I don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned...