Tony Burton Quotes

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

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

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

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

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

Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn't matter. I'm a fighter, and I'm ready to fight every time.

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

No matter where I came from, I'm a fighter.

Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setback. They are champions because they've been hurt. Their experience moved them, and they pulled out this fighting spirit, making them what they are. Sometimes in life, God gives us a difficulty in order to bring out the fighting spirit. Everything that happens to you can happen for good if you have this spirit. The essential thing in life is not in the conquering, but in the fight.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

I like struggle.