Clint Dempsey Quotes

We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

Life throws many curve balls, and if you don't swing... you're never going to hit any!

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

In my life, I don't have roadblocks and obstacles. I might have something you would call a 'challenge.' I throw that out the window, and I call that a wonderful opportunity.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

Complaining about your current position in life is worthless. Have a spine and do something about it instead.

Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.

What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Every person who ever had a plan to do anything, and went and did it, or who laid his plan before others, and won their co-operation to do it with him, without going to external authorities to please do the thing for them, was a direct actionist.

Don’t tell me that it is tough. It is at least as tough as you think it is. But what is the alternative? It is to do nothing?

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

I admit that when challenging times first surface, it's not first instinct to do a happy dance. But when you take time to pause and add insight to injury, you will immediately start to feel empowered to make those majorly needed life shifts.

I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.

It made me a stronger person, and more determined. I don't know if I'd still be as strong if I didn't have all that hate. I needed hate to make me more determined.

I make my own opportunities no matter what.