“A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.” PeopleThinkingLongHardHelpingSeemsWantedPastDealsCareersAdversityRosyLong Careers Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“For God's love, take things patiently, have sense, Think! We are prisoners and shall always be. Fortune has given us this adversity, Some wicked planetary dispensation, Some Saturn's trick or evil constellation Has given us this, and Heaven, though we had sworn The contrary, so stood when we were born. We must endure it, that's the long and short.” ThinkingLongEvilGivenHeavenBornAdversityFortuneEndureContraryTricksWickedPrisonerGod's LoveConstellationsSaturn Book:The Canterbury tales Source: The Canterbury tales