Ric Flair Quotes

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at least that's what we all understand.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Life is not for the faint of heart.

What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel. We have wept long enough. No more weeping, but stand on your feet and be men. It is man-making theories that we want. It is man-making education all round that we want.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.

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.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.

For years I used to think that you had to hide your emotions to show that you are strong.

There's going to be good things that get you, and there's going to be bad things that get you, so you better be willing, and your skin better be thick.

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

Every game is mentally and physically tough but we get through it and it makes you stronger.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

You win some, you lose some. You get hit you don't get hit, but it's not about how hard you get hit. I think it's about how hard you get hit, then still get up and deliver an even harder punch. I think that's what it is all about.

We didn't get where we are thanks to the sissy notion of resilience.

Life can be so difficult at times but fighting through the pain is so worth it.

Life…never gave me a chance to be soft.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.