Eddie the Eagle Quotes

Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too.

I had no money, no training facilities, no snow, no ski jumps, no trainer, but I still managed to ski jump for my country - and getting there was my gold medal.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.

I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.

I'm so glad I never lost my drive because turns out, I was right! Now I'm finally wearing the Philippine sash in the most prestigious pageant in the world.

I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be the champ, and look where I'm at now.

I almost wrote my career off. I wasn't quite good enough and I thought that ship had sailed. But I carried on, won the World Under-21 Championship in 2003 and got the tour card.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.

It always seems impossible until its done.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

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

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

When I staged the play and narrated my story to the audience, people found it amazing that after facing so many hardships, I have gone on to do 482 films.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.