Adversity Related Quotes
One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.
“Part of coaching and playing the game is dealing with adversity. It shows its face in a lot of different ways, and you have to be able to rise above that. That's what our intentions are.”
Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.
“That's the definition of college sports. You're always going to be faced with challenges and adversity. It's how you handle it and what you do with those challenges that is going to define you as a person.”
“We're not pleased with where we are today, but the adversity faced by this club, bar none, in all my entire years, is unbelievable. There's a lot of different issues, and they haven't let anything get in the way. They just keep battling.”
“This has been a season where the NL West has been through a lot of adversity. Every team's had some severe injuries to big-name players. That's just the coincidence of the season, so it's nothing that you can change at this point.”