Mickey Rourke Quotes

I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.

In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.

I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.

That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus.

When you bottom out, you have to stand up and get going again.

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.

I am here today as an example to all that have gone through a personal hell or are going through it right now, whatever that hell might be for you, that you can become whole again. In fact, you can become stronger than you ever thought possible.

Look at my life. I almost died. I almost died several times. My shoulders were down, man. But I kicked out. I kicked out again. Someone upstairs obviously likes me. So maybe I should, too.

I've been around a lot of greats I seen in this industry that have problems, but the comeback can be that much greater.

I've had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra.

We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

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

Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance.

Survival is nothing more than recovery.

I like a character that goes on a journey. A character that has had it all, lost it all, and is trying to get back to just being OK. I love the agony of defeat just as much as I love the thrill of victory.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you're blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive.

When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.