Alphonso Davies Quotes

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.

There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

I admire Brad Pitt, honestly, just because of how he started and the obstacles he had to overcome to have the career that he's had.

I grew up in this poor place, with very limited circumstances, at about 16 years of age was sent by my family to work, and instead of remaining in the position into which I was sent, I somehow worked my way out of it without any help from anyone, just luck.

Because you've done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.

I'm living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.

I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

I think that my biggest role models are people that have maybe struggled for a while and then finally gotten to their destination.

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes me, and it amuses me, also, when I'm written off by the press cause then I tell them that's just the lull before the storm. And every time I've been down, I've been down, never out. So it just makes me work a lot harder.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.