Steve Winwood Quotes

At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.

Nothing ever goes to plan. As soon as you are OK with that, everything is much easier.

I think there are always phases in life when things get intense or difficult, whether it's the sheer volume of work or personal circumstances. And I've definitely had tough moments. The way I approach them is just to tell myself that this, too, will pass, and take it one day at a time.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.

Do what you can as you can. Trouble, problems, will come no matter what you do , and you must respond as they come.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

You have to be resilient.

One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.

Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

I just roll with the punches.

I think you just have to take life as it goes, and I believe you never get things put on you that you can't handle.

A lot of people out there get hounded about things that are going on in their lives. You just find ways to handle it and go on about your business.

Some games don't go the way you want them to go, but you still have to find a way to win.

I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

When the universe throws something your way, or things happen, I'm one of those people that goes with it, and I don't fight it.

There's going to be ups, there's going to be downs and you're going to have to roll with the punches.

In professional sports, things can change quickly. You keep your balance. You keep your perspective, and things will work out.

I think part of being human is learning to roll with the punches, to deal with any kind of personal or professional disaster that might crop up. You have to learn to deal with that stuff or not survive.

Resilience can go an awful long way.

I roll with the punches.