Famous Quotes & Sayings

By any means necessary. We overcame every obstacle and adversity the devil put in front of us.

As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they've changed and grown, if indeed they have.

Jay Moore

As a defense we handled the adversity very well. That was one of our main things coming out of last year. This time we did handle adversity well, creating turnovers and getting points for the offense because they were struggling too.

The boy never ceases to amaze me with the accomplishments. He just works hard through a lot of adversity. He's focused and pretty responsible for his age. We started this journey in junior league. I put him in there because I wanted to get him fairly decent in high school. I just never dreamed it'd be this.

Sydney Smith

A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure

William Shakespeare

A wretched soul bruised with adversity,We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;But were we burdened with like weight of pain,As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.

Ben Howland

In competitive athletics, you have to deal with the next set of circumstances. There's always adversity; we have had a lot more than our fair share. But you just have to fight through it. That's just the way it is.

E. B. White

I know the benefits of being up in the press box. You see an awful lot more and it's not as chaotic. But the emotion of the game, it's real and you get to look eyeball to eyeball with your players and you get to share the emotion of the game. You get to communicate when there's adversity and you help them through it. I had a blast today.

I know that we're better than what we showed. We faced a lot of adversity and we were able to come back. Unfortunately, we didn't show ourselves too well in this series.

John Tortorella

I knew there was going to be a ton of adversity and a lot of ups and downs, and that's what's happened. We've gone through some now for 41 games. Now we have to learn to fight through it and just try to find a way to get points. We are not in a situation where, and I'm trying to stress to the guys, don't look at the standings or projections or this, that or the other thing. We're taking it a game at a time and I think that really has to be our concentration. One game at a time and try to find a way to get points each and every game.

I knew we wouldn't see any more adversity than (Thursday) night. I knew if we could keep our composure in that game, then we would be ready for anything that Statesville could throw at us.

I'm real proud of these guys. They wrestled hard through a lot of adversity. I've had as much fun with this team as much as any team I've ever had. I'm perfectly at peace with how the season ended. I just hope next year we get it all together again.

I overcame adversity throughout the year. Even though we didn't meet a lot of our team goals, my peers recognized me as one of the best. It was so rewarding.

I just think the overall group has come together. The attitude was terrific fighting through adversity. We have great senior leadership, certainly with the five senior captains. They stayed patient and allowed these young guys to come along.

I just reminded them to not feel sorry for themselves, they are going to get tired a little quicker. The adversity just brings a close-knit team even more together. They realized it was going to take each and every one of the 12 players to get over the hump tonight.

Caron Butler

I just think that chemistry is always big, and once chemistry starts coming together, it's a beautiful thing. Now you're seeing it. We went through a lot of adversity after winning early on, and now we're starting to roll.

Bob Hartley

I really think that we changed the chemistry of the team. Sometimes it goes either way. For us it went the wrong way. You know what, I'd rather see this happen at this time of the year. Adversity makes people better.

Byron Scott

I hope not. We've had adversity all year long. We just have to learn how to handle it.

I have to commend everyone on this team. They've all fought through injuries and have risen to overcome all of the adversity we've had to deal with.

I really feel that sports at this level prepares the kids for the trials they're going to face in life. These guys had some success and a lot of adversity and they took it. It was a good season.

I'm proud of them. With all the adversity they had to overcome, that was a tremendous, tremendous win.

I'm proud of the kids for staying together through adversity, because they did. They believed in each other, and they believed in the coaches. I think that's what pulled us through tonight.

Mark Richt

I'm proud of our guys. You always wonder how your team is going to react to some adversity. We were losing at the half, but the guys did a great job of doing what they had to do to win. Some people may not think it's a beautiful victory, but it is to me.

I'm proud of my guys. In every great game, like this one, you have to overcome adversity. These guys responded after halftime and did it with fundamentals. This was a big win for us.

Pat Summitt

I'm really proud of what this team has accomplished this year. They have faced tremendous adversity and come through it. They have great character and have been a great group to coach.

Gregg Troy

I'm really proud of these girls. With all of the adversity we've had to fight through this season and during this meet, they were outstanding.

I learned that you always have to believe in yourself, ... I'm sure there are going to be many more times in my career when I'm going to have to deal with adversity again.

I hope this is a sign that we are finally coming together. Tonight we really showed some resiliency and escaped a little adversity and our defense played great.

Ben Jonson

In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.

I'm just proud of our kids to hang in there and keep their composure through all that adversity. We lost it for a little bit there in the fourth, but kept believing and kept working. That says a lot about our kids. This is two weeks in a row where it came down to the last second and we got it done.

I'm so proud of these kids. We've faced a lot of adversity this week.

I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.

Geno Auriemma

I never know what to think anymore. Last year we go up to Notre Dame and spank them all over the court and then they come here and beat us. But I do think when you go on the road and play really well, that's a good sign. That's a sign that you can handle adversity and focus on what you need to focus on.