Joan Cusack Quotes

I went through ups and downs in this business and in life, and when I was released by WWE in 2014, I knew I had a wealth of knowledge and an opportunity.

A loss leads to victory, being fired leads to a dream job..I find comfort in believing that good things can grow out of tragedy.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.

Always in life bad times will lead to great times.

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

Getting fired by this guy Carter is the best thing that ever happened to you.

Speed bumps, I was thinking, you know, you're driving along, everything's OK, and then there's a speed bump to go, 'Slow down.' Go over it real slowly, and you hit the pedal, and you keep going, and I just thought it was kind of a nice metaphor for life.

A lot of life is about trying to turn bad experiences into something good. Usually if you work at it, you can figure out a way to do it. Even our worst misfortunes are gifts.

Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

If somebody would've told me that I was going to lose my legs at the age of 19, I would've thought there's absolutely no way I'd be able to handle that. But then it happened, and I realized that there's so much more to live for, that my life isn't about my legs.

I started out thinking I was going to play in the NBA; now I travel the world as a WWE Superstar. Life changes.

When I went to Le Havre, I wasn't physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They told me to go back to the second team. I was very disappointed, but maybe that helped me to be the way I am now.

I always tell people there's nothing greater than a crisis to create a breakthrough. Because that's when we breakthrough usually - most people don't proactively breakthrough - they breakthrough because they have to. And the beauty of crisis is it doesn't feel beautiful, is it melts us down. And when you're melted down you can recast your life in a new way.

When I thought my professional career was over, it hadn't even started yet.

There have been times where I lost a job or whatever, and I think, "Okay, well that's just not part of my lane."

There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?'

If there is one thing to get excited about, it's your ability to turn the negative into success.

The turning point in the life of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis.

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

It's good to fail now and again - you learn a lot more out of failure than you do out of success.

They say when you reach a crossroad or a turning point in life, it really doesn't matter how we got there, but it's what we do next after we got there. Usually you arrive there by adversity, and then it is then and only then that we find out who we truly are and what we're truly made of. It's a process, a gift and a journey, and if we can travel it alone, although the road may be rough at the beginning, you find an ability to walk it. A way to start fresh again. It's neither a downfall nor a failure, but a new beginning.

Heartbreaks, disappointments and even our own weaknesses can serve as stepping-stones to the second half of life transformation. Failings are the foundation for growth. Those who have fallen, failed or 'gone down' are the only ones who understand 'up.'