Dhani Jones Quotes

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

We imagine things - that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it.

I won't let anything destroy me.

I learned that deep within myself, if I fight to the end, I can always find a way to win.

You have to have that willingness and that fight to get back in the game and get a point or a win. I don't think you can teach or learn that kind of thing.

No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

When the body doesn't want to go on, the mind continues to fight.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.

As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive.

I see myself as a survivor, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm a survivor. To me, survivor implies strength, implies that I have been through something and I made it out the other side.

I think that human beings were incredibly resilient; otherwise, we wouldn't keep going.

My strength of character is a privilege. I can do anything to survive. I don't break easily.

When things are tough, French athletes tend to pull out great performances.

I think just that dog inside of you. When things suck, just to still fight.