Aly Raisman Quotes

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

Without your downs, without your hardships, I don't think you appreciate the ups as much.

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life.

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

Success came to us at an age where we could enjoy it. We went through a lot of hard times, so we appreciate success all the more now.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

Hard times always lead to something great.

Don't give up because of the dark days. Succeed in spite of them. The dark days make the bright days seem even brighter. So bright you can hardly stand it.

I'm so grateful for where I am now, but I think I'm more grateful because it's been so hard-won; I haven't given up, and I've had plenty of reasons to give up.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

Lord knows, every day is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.

That whole generation that's gone now, that lived through the two world wars, is a great example to all of us. They knew how to live. If something bad happened, they didn't sit at home, eat Haagen-Dazs, and watch a movie.

Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.