Allen Iverson Quotes

I've told you before and I'll tell you again. The strong survive and the weak disappear. We do not intend to disappear.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

I'm here because they've killed almost all of us, but not all of us. And that's their mistake, son. That's the flaw in their plan. Because if you don't kill all of us at once, whoever's left are not going to be the weak ones. The strong ones- and only the strong ones- will survive. The bent but unbroken, if you know what I mean. People like me. And people like you.

We all survive more than we think we can.

I'm a survivalist and a survivor.

Success is survival.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

Resilience can go an awful long way.

The weakest goes to the wall.

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive.

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever

Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.

You have to be very strong and tough-minded if you want to survive.

If I can take it, I can make it.

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

I've always believed in survival.

You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive.

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.