Sarah Dessen Quotes

You will always have people to prove wrong. I always have done and I always will. I use that to spur me on and stay hungry and that's the big aim.

I've always gone through adversity in this game, and I've always overcome it. My middle school coach told me that I was probably a better hockey player than a football player, and that still drives me every day.

To be underestimated is my biggest motivation.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

I've always been stimulated by the sense of challenge.

I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.

Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge.

Life is a challenge. Realize that and work, every day, to rise up and meet it.

I like when things are hard; I'm very competitive. If something seems difficult or impossible, it interests me.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

I like a challenge.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

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.

There will always be hard times. Use adversity to fuel your fire. In high school, I wanted to play quarterback but couldn't until I was a senior. I played wide receiver instead, and this ultimately helped me because I learned more about the game.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

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.

At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.

When people tell me I can't do something, that's what excites me. It makes me perform better.

I like to overcome great challenges.

It takes facing obstacles to grow strong enough to overcome them.