Beyonce Knowles Quotes

As a player and a coach, I've had plenty of great moments, but I've also experienced disappointments. The disappointments are not about self-doubt, but rather about change. I've always seen failures as a personal challenge. I say to myself: Now I have to find out if I have the right stuff.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that it's just plain dirt. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be.

Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Keep my head up, I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up I whip my hair back and forth.

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

I had a lot of negative comments, but it made me stronger and made me want to do more in my game. It made me more determined if anything.

I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.

The toughest opponent is me. A lot of times, you don't want to train. You don't want to box. Sometimes, life hits you to the point where you don't even want to live. You have to fight with that person. You have to make yourself wake up in the morning. You have to make yourself watch your weight. That's how I fight with that person.

I wasn't a kid who won every tournament I was playing, and I think that helped me - it motivated me a lot to know what it felt like not to win.