Enes Kanter Quotes

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

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

I feel like I've been proving people wrong all my life.

When they say you can't, show them you can.

When somebody says I can't do something, it motivates me to do it.

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.

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

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

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.

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

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.

We in the U.A.E. have no such word as 'impossible'; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

Being 5' 10, I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball. So that gave me the hunger and the fire to say, Oh yeah? I'd just hit the crap out of the ball.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

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.

You just want to prove people wrong and, over time, people start believing in you.

Winners don't believe in fate like others do. They simply cannot accept defeat.

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

Don't let nobody try to stop y'all from doing what y'all trying to do man.

People said I had no heart, I was lackadaisical, the whole nine yards. But success is the best revenge, and I'm proving all of them wrong, even Evander Holyfield.

If people keep telling you you can't do a thing, then you need to find a really good reason to continue. If someone tells you you can't do something, how will you know? If someone tells you something is impossible, how will you know?