Michael Oher Quotes

We in the U.A.E. have no such word as 'impossible'; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too.

You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.

I was a sheet metal worker, then a metal engineer, then a Pontin's bluecoat, then a comedian. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it.

Determination Over Negativity is a belief that anything is possible no matter who you are or where you come from.

I want to motivate people because I know how it is, struggling, and coming from a place where you have nothing. So my thing is to motivate people to let them know whatever you put your mind to, or whatever you love to do, then stick with it and don't give up.

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.

You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them

I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.

I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

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

No matter how bad something gets, no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything. I really do believe that.