Gary Johnson Quotes

It's been a long road. I've been cut, I've been all over the place, but my mentality has never changed.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.

The hardest thing is when things are not going so well and you have got to dig in and get results.

I'm someone who likes to respond to a challenge. I never give up or stop trying, even if things were a little bit more difficult at the beginning.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

I think the tougher the challenge the better.

I like struggle.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.