Derek Brunson Quotes

I've been battle-tested inside the ring and outside the ring.

I've just been in a lot of big fights, and I've been in some good spots and some bad spots.

I've had to fight through a lot of adversity, but I just kept fighting.

There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.

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

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

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

One of the blessings of my childhood was being a fighter and a scrapper, but being a fighter and a scrapper is a curse, too.

I've always embraced battles that are a daily occurrence.

I've been through worst, seen worst.

You have to learn how to fight through when it sucks and it's really hard.

For me, football is a quest. Quests entail overcoming hardship, trials of adversity in the pursuit of true joy.

When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations.

I've been around. I've fought in the big fights.

Struggle is the best teacher.

I'm familiar with adversity.

Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there.

Every season is tough.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

Every obstacle is a test.

No one is easy until you actually beat them.

Life is a crucible. We are thrown into it and tried.

Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.

Strength and struggle travel together.