There's no education in the second kick of a mule
A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
Honestly, surviving in 'Bigg Boss' was a cakewalk as compared to staying in 'Survivor,' where we had to live in primitive-age conditions, even generating fire on our own.
As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.
My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
Adversity is an effective, thorough and highly personalized teacher.
At our house we have come to conclude that building and strengthening character will require extreme measures and the intentional pursuit of gritty work experiences.
Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.
But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.
I've got a history in my life of difficult times.
You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.
I have a fairly pragmatic view on all those bullies that came before, because everybody makes you who you are now.
I've definitely had some tough schoots. I'd say everything that I've done has had some sort of challenge that I've had to overcome. But it's the most satisfying feeling once you have and that's what I love about acting, sort of signing on to it knowing that it's going to be challenging.
People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them.
I've had some pretty awful jobs that I don't miss, like working on a nightclub door, or compiling VIP lists at 3 A.M. in the morning, but sometimes it's just got to be done.
'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain.
I had to grow up fast because we know it's not all fairy tales out there; it's full of rubbish.
I worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange back when they used to write tickets. And I was just a runner. So a guy would write a ticket and I would run it, and it was endless. That was a hard job. And I dug tungsten... for a coal company in Wyoming one summer, and that was pretty miserable.
Pretty much everything I carry with me, I learned I needed the hard way. I sweated, dry-lipped, dry-mouthed, soaked-to-the-skinned my way through all of these lessons.
I've met some very difficult people and I've had some very difficult conversations and had lots of criticism, especially from away supporters who sing songs that aren't very pleasant. So I think part and parcel of life is accepting that not everyone likes you.
I learnt a lot about how to react to tough, pressure situations.
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
I have lived difficult moments, but it's in times like those that you learn the most.
I would say, anyone who knows me says they don't envy my life. I've just been through very hard times, yes.
I had a lot of tough experiences at Bristol City. I came there for a few quid and was getting booed off by fans, got injured. I was out of the team due to injury but also because I was having an awful time playing wise. But they were amazing experiences.
