Jayson Tatum Quotes

Everyone's struggle is different. Just because I wasn't struggling on the streets, it doesn't mean I don't know what it's like to struggle.

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

Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life.

Hunker down like a jackass in a hail storm and wait till the wind stops blowing.

During the rocky times, it never occurred to me that one day I would hold a position of respect and responsibility in the community.

I'm not incapable of going through things.

Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life.

It was terrible. 2012, no voice. I would fall to my knees and look up at God and say, 'Oh, man, this is tough. I don't know how to be a person.' And finally, I would sing some shows where the voice crapped out. There were people in the audience. I did my best. I saw that there was lots of love and support.

Obviously, resilience matters. I was no stranger to adversity, but it's different when it's personal. Not something I would recommend.

The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there's a story of a personal struggle.

I've never, ever tried to make life easy for myself.

That's part of the game. People go through slumps.

Playing for the Washington Spirit, the 2013 season was one of the most difficult I have ever experienced.

I wanted my faith to look the same to everyone else and to be the same for me regardless of what was going on - whether I was on the Super Bowl podium holding the trophy or when I was being benched two years later and people saying that I would never play again.

I've faced adversity throughout my whole life.

Dealing with my first pro loss was the toughest adversity of my career.

The toughest part of my career was at the 2011 World Cup and 2012 Olympics and wanting so much to play and physically contribute - but having to understand and realize that it's just not my time.

I don't come from a position that I am better than everybody; I come from a position that I had a tough upbringing. And I don't always highlight it, because I just never wanted to be that person with another rags to riches story.

Life looked bleak when I became chairman of the group at the age of 29. But I survived, as the Lord must have carried me when I needed Him the most.

Things aren't always going to go your way. You wake up one day, and things are rough. But then you wake up the next day, and things are going great.

My girls had to grow up quick because of everything we've been through.

It really has been just take it one day a time, one fight at a time, one training camp at a time, one year at a time.

I've had really hard struggles in my life.

I just have to fight my style of fight, which is a lot of pressure.

The crowd could be tough to deal with at times, but I learned to use them and the way they behaved towards me as strong motivation.