Adrian Peterson Quotes

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

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

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

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.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.

It's never about the chemo; it's never about the cancer. It's all about what you're willing to put in to overcome whatever the obstacle is.

When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were able to do it. They had hard times and a lot of opposition, but they got through it." Then you feel, "I can do it too."

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

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

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.

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.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.