Matthew Gray Gubler Quotes

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

I want to talk to the bullied kids of the world. Tell them to hang on, it will get better. Know that an 'Iron Chef,' actors, musicians, artists and all successful people have probably been bullied in their life. And the best part of your life is yet to come. Whatever it takes to live, do it!

The theme of my life is overcoming. It is my personal mantra and what I help other people do.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.

I'd rather be a victor than a victim.

When I am scared, I push myself and get the best out of myself.

I had a lot of negative comments, but it made me stronger and made me want to do more in my game. It made me more determined if anything.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

I don't want to be a victim. I want to be a victor.

You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.

I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was like, 'OK, but I'm still gonna be successful, and you're not.'

I believe I overcame a lot.

It made me a stronger person, and more determined. I don't know if I'd still be as strong if I didn't have all that hate. I needed hate to make me more determined.

In life when you get tested, when you get rejected by everyone and when you get pushed aside, you actually get the best out of it. That has been a learning curve for me.

What doesn't kill you, if you use it to make yourself stronger, then you will get stronger. But if you let it beat you down, then you will be weaker.

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.