Julius Peppers Quotes

People are always going to be tough on you.

The pressure you are facing is not going to break you. It's going to make you.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

You've got to be able to hang in there in some uncomfortable pockets and uncomfortable situations, where you're going to take a hit and deliver the football.

You need bad times to become a better and strong player.

I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer.

I'm familiar with adversity.

Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.

Wow, you survived a blackout. You're made of stronger stuff than ice cream.

I struggle to be rugged and raw dude, trying to survive in the trials and lawsuits, Everybody wants to test me, WHY ME?

Before the storm comes the calm. Hope you can take the heat like LeBron

Adversity defines true character.

I can deal with adversity.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

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.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

You have to develop a very thick skin.

Prolonged endurance tames the bold.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.