Gabrielle Reece Quotes

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

I was very down as a teenager, very upset because I had gotten hurt in a car accident. But my dad was a source of strength. He used to say, 'It's the character with strength that God gives the most challenges to.' I've thought about that so many times in my life when things didn't go right.

You just take your hits on the chin and move on, that's life.

You have to learn to live with the hard things in life and go on.

When you are being bullied a long way from home, when you face that challenge, that is where you find out a lot about yourself.

Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.

You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!

Strength and struggle travel together.

Obviously I am not happy but they can throw what they want at me, I will come back stronger.

what matters most is how well you walk through the fire

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

When you start to realize life isn't fair, what do you do: curl up and die or fight every second of the way?

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.

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

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.