Penny Hardaway Quotes

There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can't be as bad as that workout.

An injury is not just a process of recovery it's a process of discovery.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.

After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

I wanted to go into prison and come out a better person - mentally, physically. So, I read a lot of books, got my GED while I was in there, and worked out every day. Strong body, strong mind.

There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.

My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was tough, but it got me to Cambridge - like being a chrysalis suddenly becoming a butterfly.

Test cricket tests your ability as a cricketer but also bring out your true character.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

I've had a lot of injuries. I had to learn a lot. Despite everything, I still have confidence.

Fighting isn't an ordinary career, so you have to allow your body time to recover in between training sessions.

I'll try to play as long as I can stay healthy.

Being a footballer was about analysing performance, never being satisfied, seeing what lessons you can learn and who you can learn from.

My mum hates the fact that I fight. My sisters hate it, too, but they understand that boxing gave me a way out. It saved me. It made me someone. It made me the person I am today, mentally and physically.

I've had a couple knockouts, but I feel good.

Even in high school, when I had injuries, I tried to play with them. When I shouldn't have worked out, I worked out.

Being a lifelong athlete, I am a firm believer that I am who I am today because of sports. Not only did it give me structure and a solid foundation, but it gave me a sense of failure and how to overcome failure.