David Luiz Quotes

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

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

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through to get here. Yeah, I didn't walk away with a medal or run away with a medal, but I think there's lessons to be learned when you win and lessons to be learned when you lose.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

I had started as an average athlete - a normal boy. It took me three years to win a race. I was glad that I endured those three years - that I did not give up.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.

I had to either get better or leave the field. I couldn't go back to my village as a failure. The only thing that occurred to me was that I would work hard and get better next year. I feel that my love for the craft has got me this far, and this love is still there.

It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour. But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.

I always believe that it's beautiful to win important matches, but it's also very important simply to reach those moments. I truly believe that.

You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

To finally become world champion after losing out in three previous finals is very satisfying. It shows that if you stick to your goals and work hard, you can achieve them in the end.

You put a tremendous amount of energy, your whole body and soul into something, and you need to win once in a while. Otherwise, it becomes too hard.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

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

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.