Scott Hamilton Quotes

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

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

I like struggle.

To the stars through thorns.

Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

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.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

There is no success without hardship.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

I thrive on adversity.

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.

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

You either lose your way or you break through the hardships and play well. There is a massive difference.