Dick Cavett Quotes

People work harder when conditions are worse.

You are brought up to realise that there will always be tough times in football and that nothing is ever straight forward.

Life is a game of piquet played in a bramble bush in very bad weather.

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

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.

Life is stressful.

I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

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.

Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid.

It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.

You are going to hit some good shots and not get rewarded, but that's just U.S. Open golf. It's tough; it's hard.

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Turmoil stimulates.

You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.

The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?

You are never quite sure how it will go, and even after a thousand games or so, that tense feeling is still there.

Nothing in my life was ever easy.

The hardest thing is when things are not going so well and you have got to dig in and get results.

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them.

Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.