Simone Giertz Quotes

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

Obviously, I have to enjoy all I have. People depend on you, and now I can look back at everything I've gone through to get here with a different perspective.

Personally, I don't think about the things I have won but the things I have lost.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

Never lose perspective on where you are and what you've got. And how you got it.

I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.

When I was in college, my parents' house burned down, and took a lot of the possessions I'd grown up with. That's probably one thing that made me realize material stuff is not really that important.

My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.

I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.

Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.

Reflecting on where I came from helps me to appreciate and balance what I have now.

I can't help but be thankful, and really appreciate everything I have been through, good and bad, because it got me here!

When I win, I'm happy. When I lose, I'm also happy. I'm grateful for this life I have to live. It's a great life.

Injuries give you perspective. They teach you to cherish the moments that I might have taken for granted before.

There are so many things that we have to be grateful for. It gets so easy to get caught up with one thing that, you know, isn't perfect or not going the way you thought it would, but we always need to be grateful for what we have.

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.

I'm always thankful for the stuff I went through and thankful for the people I've met, and I'm thankful even for some of the bad times because all of it helps get you to wherever you are in your life.

Sometimes you need a humbling experience to think about a few things.

You understand what your eyes mean to you, but it's different when you have to go through something like I did, where it's a possibility you could have lost your eyesight. It puts things back into perspective for you and humbles you a little bit.

I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.

But one of the best things away from playing was a visit to a Mumbai slum. You see people in their conditions, getting stuck into their way of life and not moaning, and realise how lucky you are to be doing what you are doing. It put things into perspective.