Issa Rae Quotes

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

Easy is not an option!

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

You're going to hit some rough patches. You're going to run into obstacles. People are going to say, 'You can't do it.' But you have to persevere. You have to keep working hard and believing in yourself.

I don't stumble at any hurdle.

My whole life I've worked. My whole life I've been counted out.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.

Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.

The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

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

Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.

I think the tougher the challenge the better.

I like struggle.

People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.

I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.

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

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

It's a very competitive industry, and so much of it does come down to luck, so I feel very blessed that I've been given the opportunities that I have, and I guess that's what fuels me - the fight to keep going.

To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.