Famous Quotes & Sayings

I could tell we were still tired from (Thursday's) game. Now it's time to see how we deal with this adversity.

I don't think there's much difference between the guys who are hurt and the guys who are playing. I don't see a lot of adversity there because the guys they have playing for them deserve a lot of credit.

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

I asked them to dig down and show some character and overcome adversity. It has been a rough last week for us, and hopefully we'll stay on the right track.

I am very, very pleased with our football team that they could shake off what happened to us the last 14 days and come out here and execute even when adversity hit us a little bit. I hope that says something about our team that we can grow." ()

He's not going to let adversity slow him down. I see him pitching this year, definitely.

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.

Our guys have been through a lot of adversity this season, but we're getting closer. We're close to turning it around. We've got talent on this team. We've just got to keep working.

Our guys are still doing some really good things. In some cases we've played excellent basketball during this stretch. We've overcome some adversity with some health issues and hopefully we'll continue to heal and get better.

Our kids are good at adversity. We've worked on that all year long, on being mentally tough for 80 minutes and they hung in there. I was worried about our composure there for a minute with the heat bearing down on us. But we've been behind before and we've been tied and had to come back, so that's nothing new to us.

Our guys overcame adversity with meet management and finished the last event in total darkness. It was a very nice way to start off our conference season.

Overall, we worked hard and fought through a lot of adversity tonight.

Our people are responding to adversity with steadfast determination, yet still maintaining the spirit to enjoy life.

Our team really hasn't faced much adversity at all this year, especially in the second half. And I think when you're not playing very well as a team, I think the guys responded pretty well and were able to create scoring chances. They kept at it in a tough rink to play in, and we got the tying goal and we were able to end up winning the game.

Billy Donovan

Our team battled through the adversity of the game. They battled through not shooting the ball, and we found a way, defensively, to win the game.

Out of adversity comes progress. The water will be so clean it could be used for kidney dialysis.

Brigham Young

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.

Mark Twain

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

We have limited resources, unlimited vulnerability, and a flexible adversary. There are many cities that can make a good justification, but our limited resources have to be spent wisely.

This sport is mental. We've been through a lot of adversity in the last seven years. But as a group we've been able to put things behind us and believe in ourselves and in our driver.

Marlee Matlin

I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.'

We gave them the game, they didn't earn it at all. I don't know what to say. Our girls said they gave it 110 percent and that is all we can ask for. It's disappointing to lose, but you have to look at our accomplishments and we overcame a lot of adversity.

Today we face adversity like never before. If we promise to keep that flame inside of us, the flame which coach Dixon ignited, then we will never lose. We will be fighters to the end, just as she would have wanted.

Shannon Brown

We didn't come out here tonight like a football team on the upswing. We should be executing better on offense. I'm disappointed in the way we played but I am proud of these guys for fighting through adversity and coming back to get the win.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Kimora Lee Simmons

I was bullied and picked on because I was so different to everyone else, and I definitely didn't believe or even know I was fabulous back then. But those hard times made me everything I am today. It's all water under the bridge now, but being bullied and going through adversity definitely made me stronger.

We have the composure and leadership in here to know what we have to do. It's a little bit of adversity that we have to face, we just have to get through it.

We worked so hard for it and we have been through a lot of adversity this year with our local media and everything. It just feels great to get to this point, but we're not satisfied yet. That's one thing we're going to talk about tonight, we have got another one tomorrow.

Aeschylus

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.

Aeschylus

The reward of suffering is experience

Adrian Peterson

Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of No Way.

Adam Johnson

Sometimes in life, things happen that will knock you back. Hell, you may get beaten to your knees but you must never ALLOW this world to knock you down! Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!