O. J. Simpson Quotes

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.

You can be in the storm, but don't let the storm get in you.

Being in the public eye, there will always be negatives. Those dark aspects will always be there and, so too, those things that will try and tear you down, but I have made the choice not to engage with them. I'm not going to let them affect me or destroy me.

I have a high tolerance for discomfort.

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.

I think we all depend on a significant other, and we think if they leave me, I'll die. But that's not true. We're all much stronger than we think we are.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've always been proud of the fact that I can hold it together and I rarely break. It's a point of pride for me.

No one can be patient who is not independent.

Never let your face show how hard they are taking your ass.

I'm not incapable of going through things.

If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.

Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.

Being knee-deep in sadness or suffering and refusing to look down - to me, that represents something more powerful than someone who's never gone through difficulty.

When things begin to go negative, sometimes we just have to cover our ears and not let such circumstances influence us.

As a young boy - I was 20-21, around that age - I didn't think I was being treated right. It can affect anyone, not just me. It was about how I bounced back, how I had to think and sit down and try to move on. Not let that defeat me.

You have to be strong and calm to overcome difficult moments.