Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Adversity Makes You Stronger

Most all good things come through adversity. There’s a poem that says:

Looking back it seems to me,

All the grief that had to be

Left me when the pain was o’er

Stronger than I was before.

—Unknown

I believe that. We get stronger when we test ourselves. Adversity can make us better. We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger.