David Boudia quotes

“Are the odds you face (in life) defeating or motivating you?”
-- David Boudia

#Odds Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Ultimately when you have the perspective of why you're competing and what you're trying to pursue, the rest just falls into place.”
-- David Boudia

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. 2012.

#Fall Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Trying Quotes

“You start to worry about what happens if you don't win. You start to fear man because you want praise from man. You start thinking about how winning will lead to more money. There are a lot of sin issues inside of that. So now when I go into competition, I have to take my thoughts captive and use God's Word to fight that battle.”
-- David Boudia

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

#God Quotes #Money Quotes #Fear Quotes

“Competition is all about you. It's about feeding your selfish needs. It feeds the depravity of your heart.”
-- David Boudia

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

#Selfish Quotes #Heart Quotes #Competition Quotes

“The Olympics is about bringing the world together and learning how to go through struggles. That's what inspired me before my career and that's been my inspiration ever since I was striving towards the 2008 Games.”
-- David Boudia

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. 2012.

#Struggle Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Games Quotes

“After quitting gymnastics in 2000, I was looking for that next thing where I could defy gravity. I was looking for something that had the flipping and the twisting and allowed me to be acrobatic.”
-- David Boudia

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

#Gymnastics Quotes #Next Quotes #Quitting Quotes

“It's totally freeing when I stay in tune with scripture. I don't have to worry if I miss a dive. I go into competition and it's like, "Praise God no matter what."”
-- David Boudia

Source : "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

#Worry Quotes #Missing Quotes #Competition Quotes

“No matter what the odds, a man does not pin his last hope for survival on something and then expect that it will fail.”

Source : Alfred Lansing (2014). “Endurance”, p.247, Perseus Books Group

“Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.”

“Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds were against Britain, a leader of sober judgment might well have concluded that we were finished.”

“As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.”

Source : Speech on Joining Democratic Party, www.foxnews.com. April 28, 2009.

“Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.”

“I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“People saw me as just a singer - yeah, a pretty face who could sing - and not more than that,”

“Then the fear all humans felt when met with Death’s gaze came over his face. That’s right buddy, I’m Death, now move away from my girl.”

“We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.”

“I talk a lot about women in my act, 'cause let's face it -- if I was hungry, I would talk about food.”