Quotes about Adversity
Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong.
- Francis Collins
There were periods when I was first-choice keeper and was starting to consolidate my position when out of the blue I got injured. It happened a few times and it really unsettled me.
- Lukasz Fabianski
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
- Joe Biden
I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
- Abraham Lincoln
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
- Les Brown
I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.
- Jim James
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
- Babe Ruth
If there's one thing I'd say to anyone out there, is that if you're in this game, it's a rollercoaster. There's a lot of ups and downs.
- Alexander Volkanovski
Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.
- Hima Das
I've had so many ups and downs in my career. When it's going good, you learn to enjoy the ride.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
I've been through a lot. I've had so many ups and downs in my career. I think a lot of it is you just have to be the same guy every day.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
A pearl never loses its value, not even when covered with dirt.
- Matshona Dhliwayo