John Petrucci Quotes

A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.

You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to today - good, bad, and otherwise.

I've had many ups and downs in my career. I've worked really hard on my game throughout.

We are all products of our experiences, good and bad. Sometimes you learn as much from the negative experiences as you do from the positive.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I'm in a stage where I feel like I need to retrain my mind, because since the beginning of my career, I've been such a fighter and a little hustler and someone who just tried to stay afloat in this business.

We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am.

When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

My career has been my craziest adventure.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you can handle, and if you come out the other end with some wisdom, then it's not such a bad thing.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally.

Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.

Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.

I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

It's been a long career, and I've made some mistakes along the way.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

People think my life has been tough, but I think has been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.