Donovan McNabb Quotes

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

I think, in football, you have to go through difficulties.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

I don't like to give in to injuries. I don't like to use them as excuses. Everybody has them.

Not everybody gets to play their first year or second year. Some people have to go through adversity.

My whole life I've worked. My whole life I've been counted out.

There's always going to be bumps in the road. There's always going to be this and that, adversity. You just overcome it. It's what I've done all my life.

Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Quests always have their ups and downs,' rumbled the giant. 'The point is never to give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You never know what might happen on the way to the bottom.

Many a man who might walk over burning ploughshares into heaven stumbles from the path because there is gravel in his shoes.

You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again.

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

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Don't lose faith in what you are trying to do, even though you will get pummeled emotionally left and right. There are a lot of "nos" to any "yes." And that's OK.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over.

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.