Cat Zingano Quotes

Our greatest strength comes not from what we possess, but from what we believe; not from what we have, but from who we are.

I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.

If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

I do think it's perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It's just a facet of who we are. What do I believe in? I believe in the obvious things. The people I'm close to and my work - it's not complicated.

The acquisition of knowledge was not for us so much a normal process of education as the storing up of weapons in an arsenal by means of which we hoped later to be able to hold our own in a hostile.

I'm not going to change me just for some extra money.

During the climb, I never get afraid. But you can't lose your fear - it is really important. If you lose it, you are going to die.

My strength does not come from my clothing.

The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

Since everything in my life collapsed in '89, I was just determined that I wouldn't cave in. I wouldn't just go away or become a basket case. I knew the value of me as a person.

It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it's the opposite that's true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!

Remind people who they are instead of just complimenting them on what they've done.

What we are is more important than what we have or what is said of us.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

I hate to lose but having the belt doesn't define who I am. It's how I live my life and what I put into things is what defines me.

I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them - that's just the way I am they make me feel good about who I am.

I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.

We are not the worst moments of our lives. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

Be your own place of safety, she told herself, straightening. No crossbar in the world could protect her from what lay ahead, and neither could a tiny knife ticked in her boot - though there her tiny knife would most certainly remain - and neither could a man, not even Akiva. She had to be her own strength, complete unto herself.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make.

Never, be argued out of your soul, never be argued out of your honor, and never be argued into believing that soul and honor do not run a terrible risk if you limp into life with the load of a debt on your shoulders.