Kevin De Bruyne Quotes

You can't let injuries dictate the outcome of a football game. You have to persevere and keep fighting. That is how we are. If there is a blade of grass to defend or take, we do it.

I've seen a lot of highs and a lot of lows with this team, and one thing I've learned is that even though you have lows, you're not going to have them forever, so you've got to keep fighting.

When times are tough I am not one for just throwing the towel in.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

I always want fighting spirit first.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

I've taken my beatings and learned how to get around and succeed against the big guys.

I think if you're not strong, in life or in football, not every day is going to be going up and seeing the sunshine.

It's super good for me because wherever you go, there's always going to be competition, and you're always going to have to fight, and I feel that PSG is really teaching me that you have to fight for your position even if you're not playing.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired.

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

It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

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.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

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.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

I'm used to being the underdog.