DeObia Oparei Quotes

The reason why I called it 'I Told You' is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my 'I told you' moment.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

The struggle I went through has value.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill myself and now, thank God, I'm here.

Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life.

I don't think one ever stops struggling.

You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wondering if you're ever gonna make it.

When you come back on top after you've fallen, it's a better story.

I want people who go through tough times, hard times, or didn't have everything right-things didn't fall in their lap or go in their favor-to know that they can still achieve their dream and go to the highest of the highs.

I think I created my own narrative, being a guy who kind of got chewed up and put through the grinder and coming out on top.

Once you go through something and come out of the storm, you've been tested.

I grew up poor. I had no money. My family was poor. There's things I wanted to do and couldn't. I was an abused wife. Just - there's tons of things that I couldn't even mention. And for me to come up and to have all of this fame and fortune, it's just - it is a Cinderella story to me.

I experienced firsthand what it means to be poor, what it means to go hungry, and that, I think, may be the reason, the root cause of why I'm able to work so hard, even these days.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.

All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.

I like struggle.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

My life is a beautiful struggle.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.