Jarvis Landry Quotes

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

No matter how many people say you can't do something, use that as inspiration to prove them wrong.

The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready.

People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

I've broken through many walls and glass ceilings.

Every obstacle is a stepping stone. My good cannot be stopped.

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

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

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

It always seems impossible until its done.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.