Stephen Covey Quotes

I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves.

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

What don't break you will make you.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

I think the one thing that athletics prepared me for that's been more beneficial than anything has been the humbling times.

You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

I didn't realize it until I was grown how necessary it is for good people to be tough.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

You face distractions, you face adversity in life and you have to be able to handle it, you have to be able to fight through it and become a better man and become a better player because of it.

That's the good part of an injury, it strengthens you in many ways.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

Disappointment builds character and strength.