B. J. Armstrong Quotes

We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.

If you value your wins and you value what you've done over the course of your career, then you wouldn't want people harboring over a loss, even though you fought extremely well.

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

At the beginning of my career, it was very hard to go up. Now, it's very hard to stay on top. You have to stay there, and I want to stay there so badly. I'm still standing.

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win football games.

I always believe that it's beautiful to win important matches, but it's also very important simply to reach those moments. I truly believe that.

Everything in life is how you respond to it. If everything went perfect all the time - you never lost a game, you got to the championship every time, you always won, you always got the top recruit, you always made the A - you really wouldn't truly appreciate all that goes into it.

World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birthplace of champions.

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

...People need to ask, "How do I play the hand that has been dealt me?" The world is not going to give you extra return just because you want it. You have to be very shrewd and hard working to get a little extra. It's so much easier to reduce your wants. There are a lot of smart people and a lot of them cheat, so it's not easy to win.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.

I want to win as many tournaments as I can.

It's all stealing bases and winning games. If not, go home.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

Kids always think about being the MVP.

It doesn't matter if you are number one or number two. You have to prepare for everything.

I've carried my chip with me my entire career. I've had to fight and claw for every position I've had. I sat on the bench as a junior in high school, I had to compete my senior year in high school to get the job. I competed again at Vanderbilt before having success.

To play meaningful games and try and win a division, a pennant, a World Series, that's what it's all about. That's the thing I'm most proud of.

I play in the Champions League. I don't have anything to complain about.

At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or I could be a champion. I want to be a champion.

What I've learned in life is that you can't always win, especially in sport, but you can be a true champion for everything you did to get there.

As a competitor, you're always taught that you want win championships. You want to put yourself in the best place to do that.