Georges St-Pierre Quotes

Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.

I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

The message I'm trying to say is that I'm tough because of life experience.

There were times when I thought I got a bit more punishment than was coming to me, but I don't regret a minute of it now. Each of us must be tempered in some fire. Nobody had more to do with choosing the fire that tempered me than myself, and instead of finding fault with the fire I give thanks that I had the metal to take the temper and hold it.

In life, when you are faced with an unfortunate circumstance, there’s no book, there’s no guide, there’s no right answer on how to get to the other side. You just sort of wake up one day and you have two paths in front of you, one where you go up and one where you can fall, and choosing the path to rise is most certainly not the easy path but it’s the brave one.

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.

It was hard. I came to grips with a lot of difficulties that I've overcome. Each challenge kind of makes you who you are. It wasn't always a good thing. I have my own struggles in my life because of the things I was forced to overcome.

Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

I've had to deal with my tragedies, and how you cope with them is what life's all about. You can choose to let them consume you or choose not to.

Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.

I don't want to come across as a victim with a sob story. I've got a fantastic life. I'm not a victim. I thank the bullies out there for making me who I am. Some people become weaker, but the bullies made me stronger.

It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

Everything that, by the grace of the universe, I was able to become is the direct result of everything I went through.

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.

When you are being bullied a long way from home, when you face that challenge, that is where you find out a lot about yourself.

When life hits you hard, it can throw you off course. But how you handle that adversity can teach you so much about yourself and change your perspective on what you actually want from life.

The world brought me to my knees, what have you brung you?