Dave East Quotes

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

You know, 'people like us,' it involves... it's everybody who has struggled, you know what I'm saying? Everybody who has... who has had a difficult time getting to where they want to be, and now they can look at us as examples of, 'Hey, I can do this because they did it and I see it happening. Maybe I can do it, too.'

Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

No matter how bad something gets, no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything. I really do believe that.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Anything is possible. My background is a bad background, but a lot of people said I couldn't do it. You can do anything if you put your mind to it.

I didn't corner the market on great stories. I'm not the only one who can do something like work at a grocery store and then win a Super Bowl. Other people can do it. You hope people will see that and say, 'Hey, that will be me.' They're going to chase after it like I did. And they're going to be the next one.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

Being that beacon of hope; not just people in Ghana, but any kind of people that have gone through the struggle, I take a lot of light of being that beacon of hope and inspiration for anybody that wants to achieve anything.

Over the course of six amateur fights and two professional fights I learned a lot about how to get things done, how to pick myself up after disappointment, how to work through frustration and how to process moments of success.

My motto is 'from difficulties up to the stars.' I got a tattoo to represent that when I used to sit in the stands at Treviso.

The time I spent on the bench helped me to reflect and think. It encouraged me to keep fighting and work.

If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

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

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a poor family, faced defeat through most of his life. Lost eight elections, failed two businesses, had a nervous breakdown, and still became president.

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

For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.

I started with nothing and reached the level I'm at today. All I had was football and God's help.