Chris Smalling Quotes

Everything looks like a failure in the middle

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.

There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

Things haven't always gone right for me in football.

Every phase of my life always hasn't been perfect for me. I've had to go through some adversity.

I've had a lot of setbacks outside the ring.

No matter what, you're going to have hard days out here. There's going to be a drop here or a tough pass that you didn't come down with there.

In life, nothing is always fun.

Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.

The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Life is just a bowl of pits.

I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.