Will Grier Quotes

Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.

You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved.

I didn't come from the worst of situations, and I didn't come into the best of situations. But I've appreciated the best situations. And I've made the best of the worst situations. I'm lucky to be where I am.

Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.

Sometimes poverty is the greatest gift you can ever be given. Sometimes loss is the key that leads you to gain.

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

If you can't give thanks for what you have, then give thanks for what you have avoided.

My smile will always be broken, but I'll always be grateful for the chance to get to do what I get to do.

I'm thankful for everything good and bad that happened to our band.

I'm blessed to play a game I love, to throw a football, to have the things I have. There were times before where I didn't have those things, I was still blessed. I've always been happy.

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

Injuries give you perspective. They teach you to cherish the moments that I might have taken for granted before.

I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

I am grateful to all the ups and downs in my life.

All the adversity and discouragement is trying to cloud your mind. But I learned to deal with it. In the end, I'm happy and thankful and blessed.

I believe it is only when one comes out of adversity, that one starts to see real beauty.

I don't sit around feeling sorry for myself. There's always somebody who's a lot worse off than you.

We sometimes think that being grateful is what we do after our problems are solved, but how terribly shortsighted that is. How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain? Being grateful in times of distress does not mean that we are pleased with our circumstances. It does mean that through the eyes of faith we look beyond our present-day challenges. This is not a gratitude of the lips but of the soul. It is a gratitude that heals the heart and expands the mind.

And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.

We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.

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.

I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.

To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter.

Coming from prison, you're more appreciative. Somebody gives you a bottle of water, you're like, "Thank you." Because that water means something. It might not be too good. It might not even be drinkable, but you know, you gotta do what you gotta do.

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years . . . and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.