Logic Quotes

I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

I went from just a regular nappy-headed kid in poverty to Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks captain superstar. But there's a lot in between that allowed me to get from point A to point B.

I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

The thing that I think about the most, and is the most rewarding to me, is the whole past. That I kind of went from nothing to something and I did it on my own, and I did it through hard work and smarts.

In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.

I pinch myself every day anyway. Everyone knows the road I have had in the game and how I have managed to get myself to where I am today.

The thing that I appreciate so much about my career and journey is that I do believe everybody can relate to it. There were highs and lows, obviously, before I got to the NFL. And then I got there and won a championship.

I'm just grateful that I didn't give up on myself and I just kept plugging at it.

I'm going to make my own heaven. I'm going to struggle for it. I'm going to fight to earn everything I dream about.

My whole life, nothing was handed to me. I had to go out in the world and get it.

Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.