Mandy Patinkin Quotes

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.

If you suffer a setback but recover from it you become all the stronger as person and a fighter.

I've been dropped. You get up, and you win the fight.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.

I've always believed in survival.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.

I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.