Djimon Hounsou Quotes

I am who I am today because of a lot of the things I've learned in gymnastics.

Sometimes the adversities you go through help you become a person you are proud of, and instead of hating what you're going through, maybe bless it because for some reason; it is going to build you into that person that you are proud of being.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

It's good to have a bad season because you learn a lot about yourself; you become stronger, and you see where you have to improve.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

I've always said that my greatest crises are my greatest opportunities to prove my own character to myself.

I needed to go through certain life experiences, and not just on the court, to make me into the competitor that I am, and also the person.

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

I have learned so much personally from wrestling, and it has really bled into my daily life.

In terms of the way things went for me, I'm a firm believer that experience is what makes you. But I'm not saying it was easy.

Being a lifelong athlete, I am a firm believer that I am who I am today because of sports. Not only did it give me structure and a solid foundation, but it gave me a sense of failure and how to overcome failure.

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.

I have high expectations for myself - as an athlete, as a man, as an individual - and wrestling has helped me build a lot of character knowing that I have to remain humble but also fight complacency.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

Sports build good habits, confidence, and discipline. They make players into community leaders and teach them how to strive for a goal, handle mistakes, and cherish growth opportunities.

I think most of my lessons come from sports. That's why I always emphasise to young kids to get involved in sports because it's where you learn about discipline. It's where you learn to keep going, where if you think you can't make it, you can.

I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy and most of all, I was undisciplined. The Marine Corps was the right service in the right place at the right time.

Even if kids don't love gymnastics, if they start at any age with some classes, they can learn so many different things - they can build a lot of character, strength, flexibility, and courage. Hopefully, they can also develop a sense of fearlessness.

There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.