Top 54 Robin Roberts Quotes
#1. When you are down and you don't know how to pick yourself up, start where you are. I can hear Pat's voice saying the words in my head, "Left foot, right foot, breathe.
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#2. Things happen along the way in our path. Instead of looking at it as a wall that's being put up in front of us, look at it as as opportunity to scale new heights and to climb that wall - to see and do things you didn't think you were capable of.
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#4. Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.
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#5. My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'
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#6. There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can't be where you want to be. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you, too. And it would be a privilege for me to help you get there.
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#7. Dreams are vague and far away. Goals are tangible and achievable.
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#8. Cancer was nothing more than a chapter in my life's story. It would never be my life's story.
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#9. I was brought up with the 3 Ds: Determination, Discipline and Da Lord.
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#10. The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle and that it helps to have a good sense of humor when we run smack into the absurdity of life.
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#12. Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk.
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#13. I love a doctor who can respect that somebody else is on your team, and that's God.
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#14. It is something that is called MDS. It is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. I'm going to beat this. My doctors say it and my faith says it.
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#15. You need to be surrounded by people whose voices echo your soul voice.
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#17. "You don't have to be in shape to bowl. It's the only sport where there's a way to signal for a cocktail waitress."
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#18. You can be fearful or fearless ... I chose the latter
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#19. Venture outside your comfort zone. To stop growing is to stop living.
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#20. There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.
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#21. At one point, we were all fearful. But as you get older, it's the things you don't do that you regret, more so than the things you do. When fear knocks, answer.
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#22. It was part of the reason I almost didn't go public with my diagnosis - I was embarrassed. I felt, 'Oh, I've always talked about exercising. And I got cancer.' And then I realized it's a great example of showing that cancer can hit anyone at any time.
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#23. I've taken my cue from people here and from viewers, especially survivors-who said, 'When it's time to literally flip your wig, you'll know.'
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#24. It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.
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#25. I want people to know there are infinite possibilities in life to be grateful for. I love that people feel comfortable coming up to me and telling me stories about things they have gone through.
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#26. And I think it's often very hard for close friends to understand that sometimes you want them to be there but you don't have to say anything, that their presence is as powerful as anything else.
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#27. But the best part of the evening was that there were whole hours when we sat around the fire pit and didn't say a word. We were together as a group, but they knew I needed silence. That can be very hard for friends.
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#28. Make your mess your message," Momma liked to say. And I did.
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#29. Thank God I could say that I had truly enjoyed the journey, because if I had saved all of my joy for the destination, I would have missed it. We are all so focused on getting "there," but you have to be careful. Sometimes, I sense a lot of times, "there" ends up feeling different than you expected.
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#30. I have never been happier, or healthier, than I am right now.
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#31. Every now and again I just really have to have that steak or lamb chop. But yeah, B.C. - before cancer - I would eat red meat probably three or four times a week, easily. I am convinced that the amount of red meat I contributed to it.
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#32. You have to be willing to put yourself in position for good things to happen
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#33. My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot.
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#35. I am stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been 'This too shall pass.' I now understand it really well.
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#36. I think there's a myth that people feel, that people of success are never fearful, that we're never challenged, that we have some supernova - no, we're like everybody else.
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#37. Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us-but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning.
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#38. Now I don't put things in the boxes anymore. I'm just focusing on right now.
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#39. Optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use.
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#40. We are all a little bit stronger than we think we are.
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#41. Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.
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#42. As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.
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#43. It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come!
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#44. Cancer forced me out of my comfort zone. But the reality is that in life, there are no true comfort zones. Life comes at us in ways that we can't predict or control.
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#45. When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem.
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#46. Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days.
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#47. You have to CHANGE the way you THINK in order to CHANGE the way you FEEL
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#48. I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy.
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#49. Find the meaning behind whatever it is you're going through because everybody's got something.
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#50. I cannot believe how fine I am with being bald.
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#51. My treatment ended in March/April of '08. It wasn't until the end of that summer that I started to feel I wasn't depressed. Even when I went on vacation to Saint Lucia, I was kind of depressed, even though it was such a beautiful place.
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#53. I feel it's okay to get angry with God. He can take it. Just don't stay angry. It takes courage to believe that the best is yet to come. I hold steadfast to that belief, especially when I come face-to-face with adversity.
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#54. The tragedy is not so much the experience that you're having. The tragedy is that we don't take the time to understand the meaning and purpose behind what we're going through.
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