Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back
Tony AdamsRead
I think when I got enough pain and I was broken enough, and I got to my bottom, it enabled me enough to ask for help. But I needed a lot of pain.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the transformative power of pain in pushing someone to seek help.
Tony Adams reflects on his personal journey, suggesting that experiencing deep pain and a sense of brokenness was crucial for him to realize the necessity of seeking support. It emphasizes that sometimes our lowest points can lead us to the most important growth and connections in life.
Themes
PainHelpSupportGrowthStruggle
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
More from Tony Adams
All quotes βSimilar quotes
A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it.
Frederick DouglassRead
There is only one 'retirement plan' for terrorists.
Jim MattisRead
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
Heinrich HeineRead
I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the Acts of Congress.' If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it.
Abraham LincolnRead
I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end.
Yann MartelRead
I believed that, in a situation where the community that I came from were being treated like second- and third-class citizens, that I had a responsibility to fight back against it. And I don't apologise to anybody for having done that. I think it was the right thing to do.
Martin McguinnessRead