Dave Martinez Quotes

There are many trials that seem hard to bear at first which prove true blessings later when we see of what false materials they were first composed.

I've always said, 'Before you see the rainbow, it has to storm.'

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

I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.

I've learned a lot from the experiences that I went through in high school, through college and overseas, and just everything in life. That is what prepared me for coming into the NBA, being undersized, no recognition, not getting anything easy, and I have been fortunate to prosper in this league.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

My life hasn't always been a disaster, it's just that when it has, it's been a spectacular disaster.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.

You learn a lot more when you're going through a rough period compared to the good times when everything goes your way.

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football. You go through so many different things: adversity, how to handle adversity, how to handle success, how to lead, how to be a teammate, how to communicate.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.

Bollywood has taught me a lot of lessons. Sometimes it has been very hard, but every struggle and obstacle that I overcame made me stronger and made me more aware.

I've been defying the odds my entire life.

Pretty much everything I carry with me, I learned I needed the hard way. I sweated, dry-lipped, dry-mouthed, soaked-to-the-skinned my way through all of these lessons.

Sometimes you go through some things to find the right situation.

I thought I would come to Australia and learn to surf. Instead, I learned to walk.

The hardest moments of your life in your 20s will provide some of the greatest lessons that will come in handy later.

I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.