Troy Carter Quotes

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink.

When you get down, your game plan changes a lot and what you're trying to do is eliminated.

The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood.

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

I'm interested in how we react when we're heavily pressed. When we're vulnerable and our survival is in question, how do we behave?

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's what provides tension in a lot of films.

Whenever the heat's on, my whole life, I've just kind of learned to focus a little more.

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

Mr President: When it rains it pours but most Americans hold their own umbrellas.

Human beings will make the best out of any situation.

I love having the ball with two minutes left, down a touchdown. That's when I'm right in the zone... I'm a Catholic and a quarterback. Those are the two things that really shape my life. I'd much rather be the underdog than the favorite any day of the week.

I love leaving the door open to good ideas. I love the collaborative swirl. I get charged by problem-solving, usually under some kind of stress - the sun is going down, and we have eight minutes, and we have to solve it. Great things come out of it.

As one who has been in hard situations, I believe that I know how to deal with complicated and hard situations.

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.

Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity.

My first instinct is always to fight back because ever since I was a kid, that's what I've always had to do to survive.

I grew up at a park, and everybody was always for themselves. I was the smallest, so I had to find a way to get my own rebounds, and it always translated throughout my whole career.

Everyone has a plan until they get hit.

Desperation sometimes drives innovation.

You never want to be in a bases-loaded, no-outs position, but dammit, when you're there, you better enjoy it. You better not sit there and sulk about it. You better rise up and figure it out.