Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If the run game's not working, you'll most likely succeed in the pass game, and even if there's a game where the run game and the pass game's not working, you've got to find a way to continue to win. You can't get too caught up in one play. You can't get too caught up one quarter or one drive.

I am someone who always gets up again, even if there are setbacks. I have a survivor instinct. I'm not sure where it comes from, but probably from all the little things that make you into who you are.

You have to be resilient.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.

At some point in your life, you'll find yourself in a similar position: Surrounded by people who are smarter, faster, who have more experience and more money - and you'll just have to find a way. And you'll have to do it with passion.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

There are going to be games where you don't have the greatest conditions, so to show that you can do it in bad conditions is a plus.

I've been in situations in my career where I've had slumps and struggles. I always stick with it and just keep working.

You are not always going to have your A game; you might have your D game. You have to find a way to throw strikes no matter what.

When I was in graduate school, I became very interested in why some kids took on challenges and were able to bounce back from setbacks whereas others shy away from difficulty and really crumble when they hit failures. I became fascinated with people who had that kind of courage to take on challenges.

I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.

When things just get bad you can't quit, you just have to keep fighting.

I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

I was never taught to lose or take losing.

I showed that I can not get frustrated, that I could come from behind, that I can trade, if need-be.