Overcome Adversity Quotes

You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.

You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

I've been dropped. You get up, and you win the fight.

Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming it.

Come and try me. Forget the past, if it makes you sad. I am the Land of the Second Chance. I am the Land of Beginning Again. I will not ask who your ancestors were. I want You- nothing matters now but just you and me, and we will make good together" This is the invitation of the prairie to the discouraged and weary ones of the old lands, whose dreams have failed, whose plans are gone wrong and were ready to fall out of the race.

When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.

Don't focus on the adversity; focus on God. No matter what you go through, stay in faith, be your best each day and trust that God will use it to position you for greatness.

Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it.

Wipe the tears away, stand up, be a man, run your business, find a way.

We put up with a lot to be saved from chaos. We always have.

It's always frustrating when you drop the ball. But you've got to go back out there, and you've got to put that play in the back of your head and keep on going.

I'm just a small guy.

I feel like I've always been doubted or slighted. Let's be honest. When you're a walk-on, you don't start for a No. 1 team, a national championship contender. You just don't. A walk-on is a guy who plays scout team, who's just happy to be on the team.

You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.

I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

I've been overlooked and slighted every step of the way. I think that brings out the best in me.

You were not built for comfort and convenience. You were built to overcome.

The sun rises every day. What is to love? Lock the sun in a box. Force the sun to overcome adversity in order to rise. Then we will cheer! I will often admire beautiful sunrise, but I will never consider the sun a champion for having risen.

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.

Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.

Having people doubt you is what gives you that fire in your belly.