There's different types of coaches in life. I don't have to be a coach on the basketball court. I can be a coach for businesses. I can be a coach for kids. I can be a coach for people who have gone through adversity, because everyone has had some type of damn accident in some form or capacity.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.

You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'

He doesn't like to be hit. Not that anybody likes to be hit, but Brock for whatever reason has shown much more of a dramatic response to the negativity of those shots. To the point where he's not asleep, it isn't like he got knocked out, he's not getting dropped, but he just turns his face away from adversity.

When we are faced with adversity, when we are tested on who we are and what we stand for, we always pull together. We stand strong for our values and our way of life. We always have, and I know we always will.

I'm familiar with adversity.

You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That's what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

I don't define myself by my successes. I define myself by adversity and how I've persevered.

How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.

At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

When you work hard, it's definitely going to show. That's why with any athlete, we have struggles, and we have adversity, but as long as you work hard and keep your head down, you will always prevail.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.