Candace Parker Quotes

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

In my early career, there were more negative lessons than positive ones. But I don't think I was looking for the positives enough.

I don't think that having a hard time is inherently negative. I think that it can make you a stronger person; it can be tough and painful, but it can make you grow.

I think the rejection - if it's taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I've always striven for. If one thing didn't work out, a project or anything, it doesn't mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

With a complicated childhood, you can either focus on the positive or the negative, and I chose to focus on the positive.

Life is always a problem. The fact that I'm on the radio saying that I don't necessarily see hope does not relieve people, does not relieve my son, does not relieve children, of the responsibility to struggle.

The mental side of sports, it's huge. It's such a massive part of the game.

Sometimes you can win, and you are preparing to disrupt yourself. Sometimes you don't win, but you are preparing yourself to be better.

My mental strength was definitely a weakness back in the karting days, and I've worked hard on that to be as ready as possible for whenever I had the chance in F1.

I know you ain't gonna win every single one-on-one, but in my mind, I'm supposed to.

I've always been quite driven so it wasn't like the cancer was my wake-up call.

Self-belief is certainly an issue you need to make sure you look after when you've lost heavily in two games.

I am a very optimistic person. I don't know if it is because I've come up right from the bottom, but I am someone who always thinks you can make things better.

I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.

I'm OK with failing. You've got to fail in life in order to get better. I'm going to be fine.

I used to be so focused on winning, I had a really hard time enjoying soccer. If I missed a shot, I would spend a lot of time thinking about how I'd disappointed my teammates. Then I learned how moments of struggle make you stronger.

I think hard times either bring out the best in you or the worst, and I think I've luckily managed to bring out all the positives in myself.

Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.

You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.

Teams go on runs. We have to be able to withstand a run and not get down on ourselves.