"Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to overcome adversity."

-- Pete Carril

#Basketball Quotes #Character Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.”
“Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict," ... "we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend-a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.”

Source : "The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose" by Anthony Zinni and Tony Koltz, p. 227-228, March, 2006.
“If youâ€™re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, itâ€™s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and thatâ€™s really not an ingredient for a happy life.”
“I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.”
“When I am willing to step into the realm of uncertainty and ambiguity, I open myself up to infinite possibilities.”
“Unity of man has always been impossible in a world of fear and discontent where every man fears every other man as an enemy.”
“I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.”
“You can only give things up once they start to let you down.”

Source : Edward St Aubyn (2014). “The Patrick Melrose Novels: Picador Classic”, p.285, Pan Macmillan

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