Lance Armstrong Quotes

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.

I've been in the boxing ring, taking punches to my face. I've always got back up.

You back me into a corner, I'm not going to lay down and die. I've been down that road too many years in my life.

Throw me in deep enough, and I sink or swim. I don't care who I fight.

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.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

You can't let injuries dictate the outcome of a football game. You have to persevere and keep fighting. That is how we are. If there is a blade of grass to defend or take, we do it.

I just can't break. If I break, I'm done. So I don't break.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

You don't win a fight by the size and the weight.

It made me a stronger person, and more determined. I don't know if I'd still be as strong if I didn't have all that hate. I needed hate to make me more determined.

Boxing is a metaphor for hitting back and showing you can win in life.

I admire anyone who can show they can dig deep. Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia, people who are obviously mentally strong. Or Graham Thorpe. He is your fighter. He's the kid who is bullied at school but will stand up in a fight when it matters.