Aaron Donald Quotes

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

I just want to go out on a high note, go out on top, and lead my team.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

Everybody from my childhood growing up had to have that confidence, that self-will. Go out there and do something, be something, prove that you're gonna be more than this.

I'm gonna take this world by storm. Pun unintended.

Whatever we succeed in doing is a transformation of something we have failed to do. Thus, when we fail, it is only because we have given up.

The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried.

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.

I move ahead, I live.

If you begin feeling beaten, you will achieve nothing. If you fight, you will perhaps have a chance of achieving something.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

A life which does not go into action is a failure.

Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I was born to do it. And because people tell me I can't do it.

Now, we used to say we put on our tights to put on the world. So I don't think it tarnishes the image at all.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong.

Banish the words 'I can't' from your vocabulary. Remember: If 'can't' equals 'won't', 'can' equals 'will.'

Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through.

When you get punched, you have to get up. You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

I believe in having an impact in doing things.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.