Stephen Gostkowski Quotes

It would be ridiculous for me to say I am unlucky, but, like any other family and any other girl, I've had my ups and downs.

You know, I've had my ups and downs.

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.

I've had the big ups and the big downs.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

I've been scoring a lot longer than I haven't been in my life, so I can deal with the ups and downs of it.

I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

I've been through a lot of different things, experienced a lot of different things.

People go through so much in life - financially, physically, mentally, and emotionally. So I don't look at the ups and downs as anything but a negligible area.

I am coming to the part of my career where I want to play more football.

Obviously, that's the thing any athlete wants to be able to do, to take weaknesses and turn them into strengths.

You learn early in athletics that you'll have ups and downs.

You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.

I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.

I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest.

You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

I think everybody faces challenges in their lives. I've definitely been through it - not to the extreme that Astrid did. I try to keep some kind of identity and strength.