Rosa Salazar Quotes

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.

I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.

I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.

I barely got out of high school, and I look back at my life often and go, 'Wow, this was awesome!'

When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.

Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.

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

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

I've done well for myself.

The best revenge is massive success.

If I wasn't a champion, I'd still be in jail. That makes me try very hard.

I record myself talking. I have a journal. And when I listen back, I remember why I wanted certain things. I listen to me at 16, saying 'I really wanna be on TV... I want a movie, a huge movie...' and I'm just like, 'Yo, I'm humbled. I'm living a life I imagined.'

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.

I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

I didn't inherit any great success and the problems that came with it, and yet I was able to keep working and supporting myself and later a family. I'm crazy fortunate.

I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did.