Vinnie Paul Quotes

When I entered Bollywood, I didn't have any advantage over anyone. I didn't know how to act, I was not from the industry, I didn't know the language, and I didn't know how to dance. So, whatever films I was getting, I was just taking them up.

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

When you are absolutely new and face failure, you want that one big chance to prove yourself.

You can't start at the top.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls.

In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

Experience is the best teacher. I've been through a lot - going to the Olympics, going to the Finals, having a lot of good games and having a lot of bad games. It's a rollercoaster ride and I'm just happy I'm a part of it. If it was easy, then everybody could do it.

It's easier to lose than to win.

It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded.

Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

Success has ruined many a man.

We have seen some of the greatest athletes fall because they have tried to take shortcuts. I'm not going to call any names but we talk about guys that was like at the top of their game that people just idolized. They looked in awe and all of a sudden you see them just come tumbling down because they want to take shortcuts. I think it's more rewarding when you do it the old fashioned way.

Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

I have had the privilege of losing everything.

I think the hardest part of being in the band and trying to make it is waiting, you know? I think, to be fair, if we would have gotten a big break early on, it would have been wasted on us. All of that perseverance you often learn by failing. We went from barely being able to book anywhere to being nominated for Grammys. It's a snowball effect that happens to a lot of bands. I think the hardest part is having a side job: bussing tables, bartending, and waiting tables to make ends meet. Sometimes they are really worth doing, because one day things might actually work out in your favor.

Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.

Failure makes me work even harder.

If you haven't had a major fail in your career - face-plant level - you aren't trying hard enough.

Man has become great through struggle

You'll find out when you reach the top, you're on the bottom.