Amaal Mallik Quotes

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.

I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.

I've got to sing for Pops; I've got to keep my father's legacy alive because he started all of this. So I started calling people, and nobody would give me a chance, but I didn't let that stop me. I took money out the bank and I started making me a record, and I did it in this guy's basement.

J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.

Remember, I'm someone who got fired from Disney and eight days later started the first studio in 65 years with two of the most brilliant, successful people in the history of the entertainment business, doing something everyone said was somewhere between improbable and impossible. I'm afraid that's exactly what I love doing.

I keep working hard to show people they're wrong.

Even before I made my high school team, I'd say I want to be a NBA player, and people laughed at me with, 'Get out of here, you ain't going to be a NBA player. You don't even play basketball.'

My whole career's been an underdog's.

I swore to myself that I was never going to lose again, and that's what drives me still. More than money, more than titles, more than fame, it's the desire not to be defeated.

I always wanted to be a winner, to score goals. There was no massive bravery in terms of my mum passing away and stepping up. I just wanted to score. I know everyone would have given me a pass on it if I hadn't taken it. But I'd have had the hump with myself if I'd shirked it.

Play on, when you're losing the game. Play on, cuz you're going to make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong.

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

It is important to understand that if you do fall, it's important for you to get right back up again.

Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

You know what daring really is to me? It's maybe much more simple: the willingness to get up and try it again. It's not about whether or not you fall down, it's how you get back up. And I've taken quite a few tumbles, myself.

When I was a kid, all I wanted to do was to be a musician. I lost everything I had, but I just knew that someday I'd be able to tell the world to 'go big or go home.' The world needs to know.

No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

It's the ability to resist failure, in many ways, or use failure that often leads to the greatest success, isn't it?

A setback only paves the way for a comeback.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback!