Shawn Kemp Quotes

It doesn't matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.

There's always going to be someone who doesn't like you, but what can they do?

When people talk trash about me and doubt me, I just use it as motivation.

I've had some real hard setbacks in this sport and I learned to realize that you can't really build who you are on what people say. That's ultimately building your foundation in sand.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

Even if I would have left on a good note, there is still going to be people who don't like you, who don't like what you stand for. I can't worry about that.

The person who lets them get you down, any kind of problem, is the person that fades out. So you've got to be strong enough; you don't like it, but you've got to be strong enough to accept what's going on and that you're going to fight it or whatever it takes to overcome this matter. That's the way I feel.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

You never want to hear your name get booed, but it's fine. I'm not going to let it bother me because I know what type of guy I am.

No matter how many people want me to crawl in a hole and die forever, I'm not going to do that.

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

I see the hate, what some people say, but I just prove them wrong at the end of the day because I show everyone what I can do. Some people don't want me to succeed but you just have to take it on the chin.

Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Keep my head up, I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up I whip my hair back and forth.

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear.

I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror.

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.

When there's so many haters and negative things, I really don't care.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.