“I feel like a new person. I learned how to deal with people when I wasn't a football player. I always wondered how they'd react to me, if they'd respect me. I found out I have other attributes that I like-and that others like. The injury made me a lot more mature. I have a better grasp of reality in life. I'm more patient and giving. I'm a lot closer to my family and more team oriented. I'm so much stronger emotionally. I have proven to myself that I can overcome the most dreaded injury in football. It's almost like dying and realizing life has been given back to me. I can't wait to play.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsPersonsHas BeensMadeI CanPlayRealityFoundGivenWaitingRealizingDealsPlayerTeamDyingFootballMy FamilyOvercomingStrongerPatientInjuryMatureAttributesProvenAmerican FootballFootball PlayerRespect Me Author:Keith Millard
“The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions.” PeopleShouldPlayRolesOvercomingArmyLiberationContributionShockTroopsFatigueVigilanceSharpening Author:Jiang Zemin
“To be honest, I don't really consider myself a prodigy. Learning the piano, I have encountered some difficulties. There are many challenges in playing and I've grown frustrated at times... But because I like to play the piano, I never thought of giving up. I was always able to overcome difficulties in pianistic techniques. Yes, there might be some 'traffic lights', but they all turned 'green'.” GivingPlayLightMightAbleChallengesHonestGiving UpOvercomingDifficultyGreenTechniqueBeing HonestPianoFrustratedTrafficProdigiesTraffic Light Author:George Li
“I love when there's an obstacle to overcome, even for the audience to actually empathize with that character. I find that interesting, and then, how to work around that and make them relatable. That's something that you have to dig into the moments and into the performances and see how to play those situations that make them relatable.” PlayMomentsCharacterInterestingSituationAudiencePerformancesOvercomingObstaclesRelatable Author:Craig Gillespie
“People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has a unique role to play.” PeopleWorldPersonsPlayMovingDifferencesJusticeUnitedRolesGreaterUniqueOvercomingFolksFairnessFolk Music Author:Peter Yarrow
“It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.” PlayWould BeFunFootballDependsOvercomingAdversityHaving FunInjury Author:Donovan McNabb
“So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.” PlayTodayLevelsTechnologyColorConversationSkinsOvercomingUniversityUniformsVersusGeorgiaSkin ColorGeorgia Tech Author:Jesse Jackson
“When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.” CountryPlayEnjoyChallengesWalksAliveOvercomingDemon Book:Reflections on the Game (ePub Edition) Source: Reflections on the Game (ePub Edition)
“They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.” ThinkingSelfEnoughPlayChallengesStageOvercomingBe Confident Author:Valerie June
“It's important for me to play women who can overcome adversity, make change, and take control of their lives. I think it's a great time for women in TV and film in general, and I want to help tell these stories.” ThinkingWantImportantPlayHelpingStoriesFilmTvsOvercomingAdversityOvercoming AdversityGreat TimesTake Control Author:Beth Riesgraf
“You can't play an emotional condition; you have an emotional condition, and because you have that condition, you try to overcome it with active doings (intentions).” TryingPlayActingConditionsEmotionalOvercomingIntentionActiveDoings Book:The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor Source: The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.” LifeInspirationalPlayDreamLife IsMotherSongFightingOpportunityGamesRealizingChallengesAcceptingStruggleAdventureInspirational LifeDutySorrowPromiseBenefitsOvercomingTragedyLuckDareAdmireAdmiringCalcuttaLife Is An AdventureWorth Fighting ForBest MotherAging GracefullyLife DreamLife OpportunityLife Is A DreamLife Is PreciousLife Is A GameLife Is GreatLife Is A StruggleHow Precious Life Is Author:Mother Teresa
“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” InspirationalPlayUseOrderCreativityCreativeSolitudeQuietCapacityOvercomingIntrovertConstructiveBeing AloneCreative PeopleCreative PersonQuiet PeopleBeing QuietFear Of Being Alone Author:Rollo May
“The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.” WorldBelieveLooksPlayAbilitySituationRiskAmountSafeOvercomingAccomplishSmallestPessimistTao Of Pooh Author:Benjamin Hoff
“You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or all the aches and pains and continue to play for a long, long time.” IfsLongPlayPainAttitudeLong TimeOvercomingHockeyAcheNhlHandicapsAches And PainsPlaying HockeyMotivational HockeyInspirational HockeySoreness Author:Gordie Howe
“The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the instrument. There's no such thing as a perfect clarinet, never was and never will be.” PlayFunnyAbilityPerfectMusicHumorousOvercomingInstrumentsImperfectionClarinet Author:Jack Brymer
“You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity to play a multitude of roles, telling a multitude of stories - just to express human experience from a woman's perspective. I hope, someday, we can get to that point. I'm all about representation.” KnowsNeedsHumansPlayStoriesOpportunityRolesFiguresPerspectiveOvercomingSomedayHeroicRepresentationMultitudesHuman Experience Author:Diablo Cody
“We need to realize that we have a role to play in overcoming our own discrimination which is sometimes very subtly held.” NeedsSometimesPlayRealizingRolesRacismOvercomingDiscrimination Author:Samuel Ruiz