Medgar Evers Quotes

I'm always looking for a story of survival.

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

Either you give in, or you fight. That's all I know, being where I'm from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.

After a tumultuous 20-year marriage, my father up and left one day, leaving my mother to raise three boys without the means to do so. And yet somehow she did. At the age of 50, she enrolled in nursing school and became a nurse and worked countless overtime hours and weekend shifts just to give us a fighting chance.

I have always fought for respect, I have always fought for survival, so fighting is nothing new to me.

You back me into a corner, I'm not going to lay down and die. I've been down that road too many years in my life.

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.

its not in my nature to go down without a fight even when things seem insurmountable

And if I have to die trying, I will get out of here.

You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.

I am a fighter. I never give up.

My biggest inspiration has been life for me. Basic survival has been my biggest teacher. Surviving in Mumbai for so many years has been a huge ordeal.

People have been counting me out since Day One.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was like, 'OK, but I'm still gonna be successful, and you're not.'

Once I failed in cricket, I joined a law course, but when it also did not work out, it was another setback. When you get back-to-back failures, you automatically start to work harder in life.

At West Ham, I was the last person to be offered a scholarship. I remember an Under 18 match against Fulham. I was 16 and had to prove myself. Everyone else already had their scholarship. It was probably one of my best games. Knowing that every day I'd have to fight has made me into the person I am today.

People have talked down to me, and that fuels my fire.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.

I was lucky I had a mom who had seen it all. From seeing my grandfather march in the Civil Rights era, she understood the depth, character, and stability you need to go through racism. She taught me not to accept it to but deal with it and be better than it.

I just tried not to just quit. Because sometimes I did have a tendency to think that I would never be back I would never be wearing an NBA logo.

I've been fighting for a long time.

I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.

You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking.