Udonis Haslem Quotes

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

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

Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.

Having been through some adversity, starting from different points and having to work through the depth chart on many occasions, it's definitely helped my story.

It's always something that's going to be a part of me. It's the reason why I work so hard each and every day. It's the reason I come to work dedicated to become the best that I can be. Nothing's going to come easy in life, and I've learned a lot of lessons, some the hard way, and I think just the things that I've been through have helped mold me into the person I am and what (is in) my future and that's continuing to do things the right way.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

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

There were so many points where I was like, 'I can't do this.' It was too exhausting. It's just a lot, and then suddenly something happens, and your career changes, and it's so much fun and wonderful. I look back on those moments, and I'm so glad I didn't give up.

If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

Life wasn't easy growing up; it was frustrating. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily, everything would have come easily, and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.

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

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

I think with challenges, you either overcome them or you fall behind and become a statistic.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

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.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

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.