Jerome Boateng Quotes

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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

I embraced every struggle because it made me the fighter I was.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

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.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.

He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?

I've always believed in survival.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.

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.

Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

I am a fighter. I'm not just there to go along and get along.

It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.

Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going.

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.

Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.