Gil Hodges Quotes

An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are not afraid to fail again.

There's always room for improvement. That's my mindset.

You just gotta stay positive and take every day as a chance to improve and every practice. And every week you're not having a fight, there's a chance to improve.

Start from wherever you are and with whatever you've got.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

I'm always adapting, I'm always learning, and I'm always changing.

He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

Whatever that day has given, you have to make it the best of the best. That's one thing I've learned over my years. On days when you can't make everything what you want, do what you do best, make it as positive as possible, and go from there. Learn from your mistakes.

I'm a realist. Where I come from, 'phenomenons' don't exist. I'm from a land where people make mistakes and try again, harder, faster; where negativity is not an option.

For me, I try to see difficulties as a way of expanding and growing as a person inhabiting this planet.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

I have the kind of personality that I always look ahead than look at what's happened. It does help a lot, especially when you've done badly or you've failed. It's instinctive of me that I look at what's next, I look ahead a lot, and start preparing for that, in victory and in defeat.

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.

Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.

Human beings will make the best out of any situation.

I like to think I am the sort of person who tries to make the best of things and try to look at the positive side of things.

I think the rejection - if it's taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I've always striven for. If one thing didn't work out, a project or anything, it doesn't mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.

Any position I was going to be in, I was going to make the best of it. I always do.

I am always trying to learn and adapt.