Otis Redding Quotes

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

When you have come from the bottom and worked your way to the top, you are more grateful.

I had no idea that all the things in my career were going to happen. I sure didn't see it. I just know the good Lord blessed me with ability, blessed me with good eyesight and a good pair of hands, and then I worked at the rest.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.

My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.

God has blessed me to be where I'm at today. All the trials and tribulations I faced throughout my career and life. Look at where I'm at now, I'm the all-time Packers leading receiver of that franchise. That tells you a lot.

I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

It's just been a lot of hard work and lot of auditions. A lot of ups and downs, but a lot of ups, and I'm really happy for my downs, too. I'm really thankful.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

I started with nothing and reached the level I'm at today. All I had was football and God's help.

I want to win lots of titles.

I want to be the best, but it comes with a lot of work. And it can be pressure if you put it on yourself in that way. But if I keep going the way I'm going, and with the good Lord guiding me the way he's been guiding me, and the way I let him take control of my life, the sky is the limit.

I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be the champ, and look where I'm at now.

Sometimes you're going to win close fights, and that's the way it is.

The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.

It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.

I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.