David de Gea Quotes

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

Even going back to the haters, it's messed up what they say, but that's made me stronger, and it's built me into who I am today, and I am completely fine with that.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

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.

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

I feel like I have a Ph.D. in life, I'm a survivor. I've not only survived, I've thrived.

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

The struggle I went through has value.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better.

I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.