Paullina Simons Quotes

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

The stuff I've seen and lived and survived. Gun to my head, cops coming to your house. I had the confidence of telling myself that I'm going to make it. Everything I've been through, I could've had a mental breakdown, but I kept it together. If I didn't have that confidence I wouldn't have made it. That confidence has nothing to do with basketball.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

With, or despite our scars, we stay alive.

I didn't drown. I didn't break.

Yes it's difficult. Yes it's horrible. Yes it's the worst thing that has ever happen in my whole life. But I just can't give up.

We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.

If you're going through hell, Keep on going, don't slow down, If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Life breaks us all, but you're stronger in the places that were broken. Or you can essentially crumble, give up, and, you know, waste your life.

I fell so many times and got back up. I been through the toughest times with my family, but I’m still standing.

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.