Nuno Bettencourt Quotes

There is no success without hardship.

Champions all get kicked when they're down.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle

Just when you feel like you get on top, something happens that knocks you down.

Things haven't always gone right for me in football.

It's hard to deal with defeat.

First time I had my defeat, it was very hard to come to terms with.

Defeat is tough.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Rita got the best of us. We took quite a beating. It's going to take a while to come back from this.

It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won.

I just wanted to win on the road, honestly. I don't remember the road ever being this tough.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

Everyone's got a boulder in their life of one sort or another that they need to overcome. For most people, it's not a literal one, but there are certainly metaphorical ones.

When you're not doing good, the world's going to be against you.

There's no question that history will record that I took a helluva shellacking.

Losses are always hard to swallow, and every sportsperson has the same feeling.

If things aren't going well there's always going to be pressure that comes with it.

Nothing in my life was ever easy.

I've had many setbacks.

When you're losing, crap happens.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it: It sucks to lose sometimes.

It's not just always going to be easy and winning games; you have to go through the downside as well.