Challenging Situations Quotes

Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn.

Everything I've done I've always kind of jumped in headfirst, and it's been a learning curve. Even MuchMusic, I had never done live television before, and all of a sudden you show up, and they're like, 'You ready kid? Let's go.'

Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

Anyone can show exceptional leadership ability in easy times. When all's going to plan, anyone can be inspirational/excellent/innovative and strong. The real question is how do you show up when everything's falling apart?

A 'problem' is nothing more than a gorgeous opportunity to discover an even better solution.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a daunting problem that I had to solve. And I used the same business principles to approach the problem and, more importantly, solve the problem in every one of the situations.

Every day, we as athletes face several challenges during the training process, and it is imperative that we approach each situation carefully and with continued precision.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

There are no simple solutions to today’s problems.

No easy problems ever come to the President. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.

I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive.

Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

So I've been pushed farther and farther out into the mountains, but at the same time realizing that that experience is really nice and I'm glad I'm getting pushed out there farther.

Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.

It might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me.

There are going to be games where you don't have the greatest conditions, so to show that you can do it in bad conditions is a plus.

We have to get to a point in this country where our top players are seeking out the most challenging environments.

In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.

Every business will face tough times.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

I'm not going to lie: it's tough. There were a couple of games where you're down, and you're in a really dark place, and you don't know if you're ever going to come out of it. You realize, 'Hey, I'm having a bad day,' but you realize there are people out there having worse days.