Resilience : (1491) " When you’re desperate, it’s good on defense because your hair should be on fire, but it’s bad on offense. " - Mike D'Antoni " My mom was my mother and father. My father lost his mind when I was about 4 years old. And my mom did everything she could to make sure that we was brought up right. " - Anthony Ray Hinton " Every child is entitled to an academic education. But resilience, stickability, self-esteem – they need these things, too, and even more than the privately educated. " - Nicky Morgan " My scars from abuse made me insecure. And so I had to cover up my scars with tattoos. " - Bella Poarch " Strikers are streaky creatures. " - Diego Simeone " Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is. " - Jon Hamm " You can’t protect your children from life. " - Salim Akil " In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally. " - Grete Waitz " Unlike movies, on stage there are no second chances. Everything is live. If someone messes up, forgets a line, gives the wrong cue, you need to have the presence of mind to move the play along. " - Poonam Dhillon " I want people to know me as a real person, that I struggle with the same things they do, that I had to teach myself how to get through life in efficient ways. " - Brit Morin