Richard Simmons Quotes

I often tell my daughter that it is very easy to handle failure because when you are a failure, nobody is bothered about you. Nobody will look at you even if you cry. But when you are successful, then it becomes difficult or even impossible to handle it.

No pressure, no diamonds.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.

It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'

Having pressure is a privilege.

You have to have those times when your hunger and drive is in a different place because you're under pressure to have success.

When you are successful, there is the pressure of performing consistently; when you are not, there is the pressure of coming back and doing well.

It's never easy to compete for a title.

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.

The way to fame, is like the way to heaven,--through much tribulation.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.

I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.

Success is often harder to take than failure.

There is no excellency without difficulty.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.

Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.

The thing about mountains is that you have to keep on climbing them, and that it's always hard, but there's a view from top every time when you finally get there.

Greatness is its own torment.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.