Stephen Hough Quotes

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.

That's what I'm attracted to: how people face struggle - with humor - and how they handle tough situations in their lives and in conversations.

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

There are going to be games where you don't have the greatest conditions, so to show that you can do it in bad conditions is a plus.

I've always been a guy that, I don't know, just attacks pressure.

We Indians react under pressure.

I feel like I haven't done the best in environments that aren't conducive to me doing well, and I have to do that. Because times are going to get tough, and I'm going to have to let things slide off my back.

You're going to have highs and lows, but it's how you get through the lows.

You can either let the pressure get to you or let it help it make you better.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.

If things go wrong, don't go with them.

Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself.

If something goes wrong, don’t whine about it. Have a spine about it. Adjust, adapt, and move forward.

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

Life imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this.

As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.

The first question to be answered by any individual or by any social group, The real handle facing a hazardous sit - to a difficult uation, is whether the stuaton crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair.

Learn to eat problems for breakfast

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.