Rashad Evans Quotes

You don't forget where you came from. I came from nothing. I was in Marseille in a bad area. We didn't have anything. We were rich in love.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

I will never not know where I came from. I can be in the biggest house, the best apartment, winning Tonys and Grammys and whatever, and I will always remember waiting in line for government cheese and bread and having food stamps. I had a tough life, and I will never not know the way I was raised and the place where I was raised.

The one thing that made me somewhat of an animal is I didn't have anything growing up.

In Brazil, I didn't have it easy growing up.

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.

I come from nothing.

Every step of the way, life was hard. I was supposed to be a statistic.

I was born in a house without a light or a toilet, so why would I forget who I am or where I come from?

I didn't have the easiest time growing up; it's no secret. We were just poor.

I always thought I had a difficult childhood 'til I saw the film 'Angela's Ashes'.

My mother really struggled when we were young. She was on food stamps and welfare. Looking back, I know we didn't have a lot, but I never felt I was at a loss for anything.

When you grow up on the other side of the tracks, you're used to taking a few bumps.

I've been fighting for my life before and sleeping in cars and trying to find a place to lay my head. I've had situations where I've had nowhere to go. This is the easy part. I overcame life.

I grew up poor. The fact that I had to struggle to succeed, that wasn't a big deal to me. I'd struggled my whole life.

I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.

I had a very rough upbringing.

Growing up it was humble beginnings.

My father walked to school 4 o'clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and he was thankful.

I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?

Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you're pampered, you get lazy.