Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

The darkest experiences in a human being's life allow that person to either go deeper and stay depressed or get the strength to stand up stronger than ever, and that's my case.

A setback is a setup for a comeback.

There is one good thing about reaching the bottom. When you get there, there's nothing left to do but fight your way back up or die.

I've been around a lot of greats I seen in this industry that have problems, but the comeback can be that much greater.

It's never easy to lose the games and then come back stronger.

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

If your life just falls apart early on, you can put it together again. It's the people who are always on the brink of crisis who don't hit bottom who are in trouble.

Would we prefer to be lifting it? Of course we would. You can't look back, we have to look forward and say what are we going to do get it back next year.

Comeback is a good word, man.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.

Football is one of those games that definitely relates to life in a lot of ways. Everything can be going good, and just like that, you have a turnover. Things are going south, you're going the opposite direction. How are you going to recover from it? That's the beauty in this game.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

Champions all get kicked when they're down.

Hard times always lead to something great.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

I've been in crisis situations, I've been down, I've been hurt, I've been behind on the scorecards, and I've had to pull that shot out to knock somebody out. I've been in all kinds of situations and still come out on top.