Adversity Sports Quotes

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way. ~ Matt Holliday

Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and red circular design in the center and the words GO CUBS! on both sides.
Interesting," said Hugo. "What does it mean?"
It was a gift from Sam," Hank explained as they entered the tent. "He said it used to represent Triumph over Adversity, but now better represents Impossible Quests and Lost Causes."
I think I preferred not knowing that," said Hugo.
Hank grinned. "You're a Sox fan too, hey? ~ James A. Owen

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ~ William Arthur Ward

The workings of heaven are unfathomable-sometimes encouraging, sometimes suppressing. All this makes sport of heroes and tumbles the great. Enlightened people take adversity in stride and are prepared for trouble even when at ease; therefore, they are not at the mercy of fate. ~ Zicheng Hong

Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals. ~ Kieren Perkins

When you're up against adversity, when your shots aren't falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you're not getting calls, that's when discipline matters. Instead of flying off the handle or blaming your teammates, the officials, or the opposition, players have to keep calm and act decisively to change the tide. Playing the blame game is a sure sign that a team has not jelled and is taking the wrong path ~ Walt Frazier

It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. ~ Jim Abbott

We spend 8 hours a day, for 10 months a year, for nearly 17 years sending our kids to school to prepare them for life.
In all of that time there is never a course in overcoming adversity, goal setting, sacrifice, perseverance, teammates, or family.
I guess that's what wrestling is for. ~ JohnA Passaro

It is the manner of (Cadel) Evan's triumph that has particularly endeared him to his countrymen and women ... Australians place a premium on persistence in adversity ... His win in the year's tour was much more than an exhibition of pure sporting talent; it was a display of grit that will long be treasured by all who saw it. ~ Paul Ramadge

adversity is a great tool to self discovery. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. ~ Billy Graham

Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success. ~ Andy Andrews

I do not walk away in the face of adversity and never have. ~ Stevie Nicks

Every adversity is an excellent opportunity for learning. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

In adversity remember to keep an even mind. ~ Horace

Every adversity can be a blessing. May you have the courage to overcome any adversity. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

He who does not tire, tires adversity. ~ Martin Farquhar Tupper

The best education we can ever receive is from the University of Adversity. It's the only institute of learning that rewards us when we fail. ~ Jason Versey

Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world. ~ Michael R. French

The course of true anything never does run smooth. ~ Samuel Butler

It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop. ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

When you anticipate adversity, you can then plan for adversity. You may never gain control of it, but you can keep it from controlling you. ~ T Jay Taylor

If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity. ~ Mike Tomlin

Never allow adversity to define you. May you find hope and strength to graciously overcome the adversity. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. ~ Jean-Claude Killy

If you see adversity arriving at your game field, time to put on your pads and let see how well you can tackle adversity. ~ Kevin Abromitis

Wealth comes and goes, Rahul. Coming from adversity and overcoming it makes you better not worse than those who never have to. ~ Sonali Dev

Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity. ~ Wayne Graham

Adversity doesn't exist to make us stronger. Adversity exists because this world is a damn hard place to live. Prove that you're better than the things it throws at you. Live. ~ Seanan McGuire

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. ~ Henry Fielding

Integrity, wisdom, skill, intelligence – such things are forged in adversity. ~ Mencius

Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely. ~ Virgil

Those who have succeeded have also had the ability to overcome adversity, disappointment, and even tragedy in their lives. ~ LaVell Edwards

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with ~ Thomas Carlyle

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. ~ Tacitus

The darkest hour has only sixty minutes. ~ Morris Mandel

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits. ~ Napoleon Hill

Adversity does not build character,it reveals it ~ James Lane Allen

Adversity in life teaches you. ~ Tony Gonzalez

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists. ~ Criss Jami

Let us be brave in the face of adversity. ~ Seneca The Elder

Adversity is not a bad thing~It's a God thing! ~ Prophetess Dina Rolle

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration. ~ Ben Bernanke

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me. ~ Jonny Wilkinson

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. ~ Jimmy Carter

Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue. ~ Charles R. Swindoll

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit. ~ Napoleon Hill

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. ~ Og Mandino

We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths. ~ Pat Riley

The English nation is never so great as in adversity. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Case in point: Take adversity and make it an asset. ~ Donald Trump

In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit. ~ Pat Riley

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity. ~ Nancy Mitford

A man I am cross'd with adversity. ~ William Shakespeare

The soul of a man is strong enough to withstand any adversity. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Through adversity we find our better self. ~ Michelle Waterson

How do we handle adversity? Adversity is going to be with us in everything that we do, almost in every facet of our lives-in our personal associations, in the mission field, in our chosen professions, in our families. ~ LaVell Edwards

Adversity is the evil twin of reward. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man ~ Nelson Mandela

When adversity hits, go out and learn something. ~ Julie Andrews

Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger. ~ Max Cleland

To convert college sports into professional sports would be tantamount to converting it into minor league sports. And we know that in the U.S., minor league sports aren't very successful either for fan support or for the fan experience. ~ Mark Emmert

It is never prudent to bury our heads in the sand when in distress or faced with adversity; to place our hands over our eyes in a feeble attempt to hide from the inevitable. ~ Carlos Wallace

Worthy goals are consistently achieved by enduring forces of adversity and opposition until they subside. ~ Wes Fesler

Adversity is the door to opportunity. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us. ~ A. Theodore Tuttle

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity. ~ Bryan Murray

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity. ~ Confucius

Adversity introduces a man to himself. ~Author Unknown ~ Steve Hilts

Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is why we dislike adversity, because we have to face what we don't yet understand about ourselves. ~ Michael Arndt

A principled person's greatest disappointment will always be his or her own failures to respond to setbacks in a dynamic and positive way. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Adversity is opportunity inside out. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports. ~ Ted Sarandos

Only the harshest personal experiences open our eyes to the immaculate possibilities and the splendor of our world. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that. ~ Murray Mexted

Flom had the same experience ... He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity. ~ Malcolm Gladwell

I love sports cars and want a Mercedes of an MG. ~ Katie Price

The greatest owner in professional sports history is Eddie DeBartolo. ~ Ronnie Lott

Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward. ~ T.D. Jakes

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. ~ Thomas Carlyle

Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. ~ Plutarch

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures. ~ James E. Faust

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity. ~ Herman Melville

Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity. ~ Steven Pressfield

If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life. ~ William J. Clinton

We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness. ~ William Penn

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance. ~ Scott Hamilton

A person who smiles in the face of adversity ... probably has a scapegoat. ~ Stephen Hawking

Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity! ~ Napoleon Hill

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd ~ Margaret Of Valois

Honesty, by evil fortune tried,
Finds in adversity the seed of praise. ~ Ovid

Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets. ~ George Farquhar

Most successful people can identify one minute, one moment, where their lives changed, and it usually occurred in times of adversity. ~ Willie Jolley

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies ~ Aristotle.

I am simply the very best sports entertainer ~ Shawn Michaels

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~ Bryant Gumbel

How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ? ~ Thomas A Kempis

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity. ~ Ovid

A champion is defined by the adversity he overcomes ~ Anderson Silva