Charles Simmons Quotes

You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.

People throw in the towel because they don't know how to fight. You'd be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

I had so many outs in my career. I could have said, I don’t need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories; I have Grand Slams. But when your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when it’s freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief sometimes isn’t there from the outside world, and you seem so small. But you can achieve great things when you don’t listen to all those things.

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.

It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life—that’s persistence.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

Know that every time you feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.

I will get stronger. I will return.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I think that nothing is impossible when you want to fulfill a dream. A lot of people will tell you that you can't do it, that you don't have what it takes, but if it is in your heart and you feel it, there is nothing that will stop you. It is like the sun - you can't block it: it will shine regardless, if that is what you want.

I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.'

There is a strength of a quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.