Nastia Liukin Quotes

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.

I mean, I think everyone at this level has a chip on their shoulder. Everyone's got a story. Everyone has had to go through some adversity to get to where they are at so, I guess, we all do.

Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.

Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a poor family, faced defeat through most of his life. Lost eight elections, failed two businesses, had a nervous breakdown, and still became president.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes me, and it amuses me, also, when I'm written off by the press cause then I tell them that's just the lull before the storm. And every time I've been down, I've been down, never out. So it just makes me work a lot harder.

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.

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.

It's the playoffs. You find a way to get through.

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.

Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.