Michael Owen Bruce Quotes

All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me to where I had to play, it was more taxing on me physically and mentally than it was good for me.

That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards.

If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don't have any nose.

It's nice to say you have goals and that you want to win championships. But until you get thrown into the fire, you can't truly grasp what it takes to accomplish those goals.

You have to go through a lot of trials and tribulations as a player to be able to grow and learn from 'em and to become better.

The truth is I've been through a lot and you see that this is a job. It's not like for fans, for whom it is a feeling and a passion.

Every night, we put on shows that are deteriorating our bodies' life span... we don't do it for it all to be in vain.

Not everybody gets to play their first year or second year. Some people have to go through adversity.

Being a part of the practice squad was a tough year for me.

If you're looking for longevity, you have to be a hard worker.

My career is a journey for me, and any journey is incomplete without the struggle.

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

Winning is the easiest thing that I ever did in the NBA, but being able to come to the realization of what it means to compete in this league no matter what - win, lose or draw - was the most difficult thing.

I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.

Everything in life is how you respond to it. If everything went perfect all the time - you never lost a game, you got to the championship every time, you always won, you always got the top recruit, you always made the A - you really wouldn't truly appreciate all that goes into it.

We might be in the NFL, but we still have our daily struggles.

World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birthplace of champions.

Of course my goal at Duke was to win the national championship, but we were shorthanded, and lost one of our big guys that was very important to the team. By the end of the season we only played about six guys. But we tried our hardest and did our best and overall had a successful season.

Nothing is easy and if you don't get a role, maybe you weren't good enough to play it.

Sometimes, you have tough times when you don't score goals, but the most important thing is to keep working hard.

If I can't walk, then I can't go. That's just the way I play, no matter if you're banged up or what, you've got to be in there.

We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.

You know those hard days you go home where you've been worked to the bone and you just want to do nothing? In fight prep, every day is that day.

It's just racing. Sometimes you have difficult moments, and then you try to work hard, and you keep working hard, and you overcome the situation. It's as simple as that.

If you give all your effort and all the fight and all the heart you got, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, and that's what's tough about sports.