Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

I think when I stop fighting, I die in a sense.

Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'

Life's fulfillment finds constant obstacles in its path; but those are necessary for the sake of its advance. The stream is saved from the sluggishness of its current by the perpetual opposition of the soil through which it must cut its way. The spirit of fight belongs to the genius of life.

It's been a tough season for all of us, but all we can do is keep fighting and showing character to the end of the season

He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.

Fighting is life... Are you a person who gives up or are you a person who's going to fight?

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I'm not someone who throws the towel in, although I think there are many times when I could have and should have thrown the towel in, and nobody would have thought any worse of me.

Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed. The night is given us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power. The day, to use the strength which has been given us, to go forth to work with it till the evening.

To me, to live is to fight. It's about persevering. It's about testing yourself. It's about not becoming complacent.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.

One who does not fall, does not stand up.

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.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

I wanted to finish on a stronger note. Fighting through that routine, you know what I was like, 'I'm just fighting through.'

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.

If I don't give up in the ring, I don't give up in life... I try to live my life the same way.

Today's burdens can strengthen you for tomorrow.