Ferdinand Marcos Quotes

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

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.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

To the stars through thorns.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside me.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

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.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.