Quotes about "Resilience & Adversity"

I have to relearn how to walk again. It's not that you have to reteach yourself. But your mind and your foot have to get back on the same page, and remind yourself that it's OK to do this. You've done this before. It's reminding it what it's supposed to do again. ”

Longtime Companion' was really the first movie that I know of that addressed the problem of AIDS. This was back in the '80s that we did this. ”

We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back. ”

As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs. ”

I was on the school bus telling Richard Pryor jokes. I was sneaking, listening to Richard Pryor albums and would go to school the next day, tell all the jokes, and get in trouble because I was cursing. ”

Trouble was almost inevitable. I grew up with so many at-risk kids. Kids had things go wrong. ”

I am terrified of being pushed out of a plane at 10,000ft with my hands tied behind my back. ”

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character. ”

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. ”

I want to be one of the youngest actors ever to direct a feature. That would be a nice thing to hear. It might prove to be a bigger challenge than I can take, but that's the career I want, like George Clooney. ”