Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

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.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

I like struggle.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

There is no success without hardship.

I'm always looking for a story of survival.

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.

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

Success is survival.

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.

To the stars through thorns.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

I thrive on adversity.

I don't ever remember overcoming adversities.

You were not built for comfort and convenience. You were built to overcome.

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.

You either lose your way or you break through the hardships and play well. There is a massive difference.

I'm drawn to roles where someone has to struggle or fight.