Kristaps Porzingis Quotes

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

I never let myself get desperate.

I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.

I'm not incapable of going through things.

My parents taught me not to complain, to always go forward. They taught me to always finish what I had on my plate. It seems ridiculous but these are little things that in the end make you stronger.

I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.

It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.

I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

If something goes wrong, don’t whine about it. Have a spine about it. Adjust, adapt, and move forward.

Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.

...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.