Lane Kiffin Quotes

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

God has blessed me to be where I'm at today. All the trials and tribulations I faced throughout my career and life. Look at where I'm at now, I'm the all-time Packers leading receiver of that franchise. That tells you a lot.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

Hard times always lead to something great.

Always in life bad times will lead to great times.

I am a big fan of Independiente and I played in their youth systems before being released for being too small, so I went to work with my father as a builder. This helped me understand a lot of things about life; it made me mentally very strong and it also pushed me to go and play for another team.

A rough beginning doesn't have to mean there is a rough end.

When you come back on top after you've fallen, it's a better story.

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.

If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.