Dabo Swinney Quotes

Not everybody gets to play their first year or second year. Some people have to go through adversity.

We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.

Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

Anything that is worth struggling for is worth singing for.

If you think about it, there are a lot of parallels between a sportsman's journey and the acting journey. You face so much adversity and disappointment, and you can work incredibly hard for a long time with very little results, and then, hopefully, something happens.

We had to struggle for what we've learned, but we're so thankful.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

You have to go through bad days to get to the great days you have in your career.

I've been through a lot in my career, and the failure that I've gone through makes me really appreciate the moments of success much more.

Experience is the best teacher. I've been through a lot - going to the Olympics, going to the Finals, having a lot of good games and having a lot of bad games. It's a rollercoaster ride and I'm just happy I'm a part of it. If it was easy, then everybody could do it.

In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

I really consider myself very fortunate over the years to have the experiences that I had and to be able to come out on top tonight means the world. It's been a long road and it's a lot of hard.

Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.

It is easy to react if everything is going great.

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

No blessing goes uncontested. It will take a long time to get your dream.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.