Matt LaFleur Quotes

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going.

You have to learn how to fight through when it sucks and it's really hard.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

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.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

If you can't take it, you won't make it.

Things are not going to be easy, things are not going to be fair. Just do your best.

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

There's going to be bumps along the way, in any walk of life, not just as a professional footballer with injuries. You've got to be resilient with it and keep pushing through. It'll make you stronger as well.

I had to face imprisonment and house arrests, but it made me tougher.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there.

I struggle to be rugged and raw dude, trying to survive in the trials and lawsuits, Everybody wants to test me, WHY ME?

There is an English saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." Women often become these tough ones.

I don't know, you go through what you go through. You handle adversity, and I think it made me hungrier.

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.

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

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.