Comeback Quotes

1. “Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.”

2. “To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.”

3. “There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.”

4. “My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again.”

5. “Comebacks are not at all easy. After a major surgery, the difficult part is to conquer the inner demons. It's all in the mind. Only an individual can overcome his fears.”

6. “I don't know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.”

7. “One of the greatest things about playing a villain is people wondering when he's going to make his comeback.”

8. “Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams.”

9. “I'm like a 'comeback kid' - you can't keep me down for long!”

10. “Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.”

11. “I appear to have had more comebacks than Status Quo.”

12. “That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus.”

13. “Comebacks don't seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God's power to reverse the irreversible in your life.”

14. “I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.”

15. “There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.”

16. “Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.”

17. “In show business, everyone loves a comeback story.”

18. “You look at the Blur comeback, it was so smooth - so smooth - compared to The Verve.”

19. “You can never have the comeback if you don't have the retirement.”

20. “I have always been a very patient person, I am a perfectionist but have a high level of patience and think that's one of the things when I started my comeback that really helped… I wasn't rushing anything as long as I knew I was on the right track.”

21. “You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters.”

22. “America loves a good comeback story!”

23. “Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.”

24. “Comeback is a good word, man.”

25. “It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

26. “Insecure people don't stage comebacks, since they don't leave the scene.”

27. “I think tights make a comeback out of necessity every season: you can only go so far with naked legs in the cold! You've got to protect yourself. I remember going to a fashion show and saying, 'And it's okay if I wear nude tights with this?' to the designer, who looked at me like I just killed his dog or something.”

28. “A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.”

29. “I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.”

30. “I'm a comeback waiting to happen. No one deserves it more than I do.”

31. “As a fast bowler, if you are out of the game for five months, then that can be catastrophic, but to be out of the game for five years was very tough, and to make a comeback after such a lengthy period with no cricket behind me was a difficult ask.”

32. “When you are injured, you need to strengthen yourself very well to make a comeback very confidently.”

33. “I don't think thin brows will make a comeback; women have finally seen how much more beautiful their look can be with a properly shaped eyebrow.”

34. “By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.”

35. “I've had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra.”

36. “The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.”

37. “You only think of the best comeback when you leave.”

38. “Every film is a comeback, no matter what I did the last time.”

39. “Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.”

40. “I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book.”

41. “I think 'Main Hoon Na' is like the comeback of a Manmohan Desai film. Farah Khan made you laugh, cry and dance.”

42. “It's easier to debut in a game than make a comeback, because in the latter, people know you and expect something from you. When you're playing your first match, they're just excited and don't know what you're capable of.”

43. “Any day, the tide could turn. You have one or two bad films, and now you've got to make a comeback.”

44. “I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast.”

45. “Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would win. I never came back for the money, because I didn't need it. The adulation I was getting anyway in other spheres. But I'm a guy who likes to see how close he can get to the edge of the mountain - that's what makes me tick.”

46. “After the near-total destruction of Dresden in the Allied fire-bombing of February 1945, few people believed that its beauty would ever return. Dresden's slow but steady comeback was thus met with great relief.”

47. “Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!”

48. “I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.”

49. “I feel blessed to have as many comebacks as I can.”

50. “In the Depression, big musicals made a comeback.”

51. “Lifting weights is obviously important, because you want to be strong and fast and all of that, but it's not one of those things you gotta go and try to bench as much as you can every day. A bench press isn't going to help you throw a 15-yard out or a deep comeback. It's not about that. It's about training right.”

52. “It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by a gaggle of male designers who lived like Sun Kings.”

53. “I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger to be able to handle the workload. You can only train for that by pitching innings. You can't simulate pitching off a mound in a game inside a weight room.”

54. “A lot of times, female characters - particularly the villains - come off as very one-dimensional. They get the short shrift in that they're only given the snappy comeback, or they're relegated to a very stereotypical role. I want to know what's driving them - that's what's really interesting.”

55. “To admit you want to have a comeback means you have to admit you weren't what you were supposed to be. You dropped below your own standard.”

56. “I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.”

57. “The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there.”

58. “The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.”

59. “I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like my comeback this Saturday. You need those big goals to drive you on.”

60. “And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people.”

61. “That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.”

62. “There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.”

63. “As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.”

64. “To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.”

65. “A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.”

66. “It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.”

67. “I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.”

68. “The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of job creation in America. The source of new jobs isn't going to be the bureaucracies of Washington, but rather the creativity, ingenuity, and hard work of the American people.”

69. “Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.”

70. “Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around.”

71. “I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.”

72. “It's been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven't been away, guys. I've been working steadily for the last 63 years.”

73. “Sitcoms are making a comeback, but you've got to have a little quirkiness in there now.”

74. “I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.”

75. “What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a comeback, and normally that begins with somebody saying, 'I want to do something to help people. I want to do something to help the lepers in the Third World. I want to do something to help abandoned wives in India.'”

76. “It's not easy being a father, but I've been allowed a comeback.”

77. “I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.”

78. “Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.”

79. “My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?'”

80. “I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.”

81. “I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback.”

82. “If I'm on form and I'm not being bothered too much by mental problems or whatever, I can whip out something good. That's why I've done quite a few overdubs for Tina Turner and things like that, because even before she made this comeback I said yes to her, just because I love Tina Turner.”

83. “I think there are some songs that stand the test of time better than others for sure. I think some songs go out of favour; I'll get sick of a song for a while, and I won't play it; then it'll make a comeback.”

84. “You break up, and you say something pathetic, or you don't even speak at all when someone's telling you they don't love you anymore. But then you think about it five minutes later, and you have all these great comebacks!”

85. “BET, I'll never, never, ever forget them for this wonderful blessing they gave to me, to be on the 10th annual BET awards for my comeback.”

86. “Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.”

87. “For some reason, every time I peak in my career, I injure myself. So, I'm constantly on the comeback trail.”

88. “'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it.”

89. “I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and soon after the Olympic trials, Johann Olav Koss, who is a Norwegian speed-skater, called me up and asked me to be a part of Olympic Aid. Now Olympic Aid is Right to Play. It's a wonderful, narrow focus.”

90. “I'm playing an Amazon warrior princess in a new radio comedy series called 'Elvenquest,' and I'm playing a Russian genius in the comeback of 'Red Dwarf.'”

91. “It's time for an American comeback… where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'”

92. “I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special.”

93. “The decision about digital or film is going to be made for us. I think the answer is that film is gonna be gone, although I think it'll make a comeback; it'll be like vinyl records or something.”

94. “There is definitely a comeback of the idea of dressing well every day. Nowadays, suits can be worn for many occasions - to work or to school, to a dinner party or red carpet event.”

95. “Having been aware of the Red Sox since the 1946 World Series, having been growled at by Ted Williams as a young reporter in 1960, having been present at the horror of 1986 and the comeback of 2004, I have seen the highs and lows of some other people's favorite team.”

96. “Three of the brightest baseball pitchers of their times staged comebacks without much success - David Cone, Jim Bouton and Jim Palmer - but there was room to admire their quixotic gesture.”

97. “The comeback of true green olives was part of a Spanish food revival in the early 2000s. I credit Sam and Sam Clark of Moro Restaurant in London with making them cool again.”

98. “Some people don't like the 'comeback' because that suggests they went somewhere, which they didn't. That isn't what I mean. In my mind, people were doing well, and then they went right down, and they made a comeback. It's not that they went anywhere. It's that their fortunes went way down, and then they came back.”

99. “I wanted to show the world, to show United that I was ready to play and I was motivated to play. This comeback just showed that I left United, but the power of my heart was still here, to be honest.”

100. “Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.”

101. “I think I had four concussions throughout my career that were diagnosed, and I guess that I've had seven more. But the fact that three of them came in a four month span when I was making a comeback in 2004 is a little bit scary.”

102. “I always think of the good comebacks on the car ride home.”

103. “I don't have any particular desire to see words making a comeback. They are of their era, after all, and that is their identity - they form part of the linguistic color of a period.”

104. “I feel like Hawaiian shirts have definitely made a comeback.”

105. “In 2012, Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency after a four-year, constitutionally imposed hiatus. It wasn't the smoothest of transitions. To his surprise, in the run-up to his inauguration, protesters filled the streets of Moscow and other major cities to denounce his comeback.”

106. “When I moved back to New York, I saw a lot of girls knitting on the subway, and it had a bit of a comeback.”

107. “Obviously, Robbie Lawler isn't called ruthless for nothing; he's really earned his keep and has a crazy comeback story, probably the best comeback story we've seen in our sport.”

108. “At one point, when I didn't make the 2007 World Cup squad, I was very, very frustrated. Then I became very hard on myself. Whenever I used to go to the nets, or when I trained in the gym, I was very hard on myself. I couldn't sleep; I used to think a lot. Very, very desperate to make a comeback.”

109. “I have never played cricket for selfish reasons like scoring 800-900 runs on flat tracks to make a comeback.”

110. “Cancer reminds me of a very bad but tenacious performer who, although no one wants to see, insists on doing an encore, having a return engagement, making a comeback and, worst of all, going on tour.”

111. “I would have to recommend the chorus of 'Lightning Crashes' for just about everyone that needs a little something, a little comeback.”

112. “Thanks to the arrival of such spirited and purposeful groups as X, the Blasters, R.E.M., and the Replacements, American rock has made a spectacular comeback.”

113. “I did a lot of good work with my trainer and the physio in Barbados, and they were tremendous help to me during my comeback period.”

114. “It is good to make my comeback in Jamaica after not playing for so long.”

115. “I think Green Day's 'American Idiot' is probably the best comeback or mid-career record that any band has done.”

116. “It's been cool to have my name mentioned when people say R&B is on the comeback and I'm the leading person. If you had told me at 16 that I would be that person - you're lying.”

117. “Tito Santana was one of the hardest working guys in the business. When Tito used to make that comeback, the people went crazy because he had so much fire. He had so much damn energy. He could just go and go and go.”

118. “I love seeing fashion from the past making a comeback.”

119. “I greatly appreciate that people would like to see me have one more match or comeback or, 'Daniel Bryan got cleared, so why can't you?' I will never be cleared. Mine is a completely different injury. He had neck issues, but it wasn't his neck issues that retired him, actually. It was the concussion issues.”

120. “Yo, people are saying Tyga had the biggest comeback. Tyga? Tyga! Lime in the coconut Tyga? Yo, get out of here.”

121. “I am pleased about making a comeback in Bollywood, but then I really cannot think about leaving South Indian cinema. Whatever I am today is because of South films, and I cannot give up on that.”

122. “Babyshambles were offered some money to have a comeback. Good band, they were - amazing tunes.”

123. “'The Biggest Loser' was only a steppingstone to my comeback, to my ultimate success. It was a vehicle to give me my life back. It was a vehicle to give me my health.”

124. “The mullet has made a comeback, of sorts, and it looks great on young people. But I think if I was walking round with a mullet 25 years later I'd just look like a bloke who's stuck in the 80s.”

125. “In the single group format, where each team plays against the other, it gives a chance to the established outfits to make a comeback if they falter in the early games.”

126. “Sex and the City: The Movie' - a bit like the All Saints comeback, and the return of the Jammy Dodger, it feels a little staged and all wrong.”

127. “No sport is easy, if you spend time away it will be difficult to make a comeback.”

128. “I like to introduce a few lost gems when I can to fellow word-lovers, and would genuinely love some of them to make a comeback.”

129. “I've built a career on the survival skill I honed early on: being a smart aleck who is good with a fast comeback.”

130. “Is it possible for Logan Paul to make a comeback or am I going to be a failed YouTuber?”

131. “People say, 'When are you making this comeback?' I say, 'It's not a comeback, it's a record.' They say, 'Where have you been all these years?' I say, 'I've been making records.'”

132. “It's always cool to make a comeback like 45 Michael Jordan did, or like Marshawn Lynch.”

133. “I gave importance to parenting over everything else and went back to Delhi. Now, when I had to make a comeback, 'Bigg Boss' was the best platform to give me that visibility.”

134. “I like to watch the best in every sport, so definitely like Tom Brady or Tiger Woods, his comeback story, or even Usain Bolt. I look up to those guys just because they're great.”

135. “I've been around a lot of greats I seen in this industry that have problems, but the comeback can be that much greater.”

136. “Whenever I talk about how good season two of 'The Comeback' is, people ask, 'Do I have to see season one?' And I say, 'You get to see season one.'”

137. “The Comeback' is so cringey and difficult, but watching it, what I was really struck with was the kindness and the generosity.”

138. “The USMCA ushers in a new era for trade policy. Between labor protections and support for the American automobile industry, it places our manufacturers at the center of a blue collar comeback.”

139. “Wrestling died. It had a comeback in the early '90s just through word of mouth with Brian Dixon's shows.”

140. “Wrestling fans are the best, because they are so loyal. You can play on emotion. The good guy gets knocked down, and the bad guy takes advantage. And the good guy comes back from the very bottom to make that explosive comeback and overcome.”

141. “There have been many boxing comebacks over the years, and sadly many of them do not have a happy ending.”

142. “I have watched a documentary on Caster Semenya. I am inspired by how she made a comeback.”

143. “We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback.”

144. “Wimbledon is not the easiest tournament in which to make a comeback.”

145. “Whenever I take a break for a couple of years, people use the term comeback.'”

146. “People usually start off on a high note in their careers and then wane off and then restart with a comeback.”

147. “I take pride in saying that I'm not the usual Hindi film actor who's on the top of her game for 4-5 years, then sees a slump, gets married, has kids and then makes a comeback in senior kind of roles.”

148. “I'm still not ready to come back and 'And Once Again' is just a one-off film that I'm doing. It's not my comeback film.”

149. “I love The Miz! I absolutely love him. He's so snarky and that's who I want to be. I want to have cool comebacks and get people to listen to me and be invested in me. Even CM Punk - when he spoke, everyone listened.”

150. “I was never desperate to make a comeback. But winning 'Bigg Boss' assured faith in me that I have a good reputation in the market.”

151. “I'm in this profession because of Mani Ratnam. He was the one who brought me here. He taught me everything. And he inspired me to make a comeback.”

152. “I was worried about managing my time among shooting and with my son Kabir. He is yet small and needs me most of the time. But Yash wanted me to move on and get back to shoots. But I was nervous before starting shoots with my comeback show 'Ishqbaaz.'”

153. “When a director is making a movie after four years, it's not considered his comeback. It should be same with actors.”

154. “You do a lot of movies, then you let others do it when you go and perform another role in life. When you again return to acting it shouldn't be taken as their comeback.”

155. “I have been inundated with the most encouraging response on social media, and it almost feels like I've made a comeback! I have to say that this adulation and warmth really tempts and motivates me to be more active in the industry going forward.”

156. “I would love to make a comeback, but I don't know if people would want to see me.”

157. “The Environment Committee's leadership in advancing Connecticut's implementation of TCI-P is a positive step in our state's comeback and our commitment to a cleaner environment and modernized transportation system and infrastructure.”

158. “It's not common for a group to make a comeback after the members leave for a different agency.”

159. “After I made my comeback in 2002 and won the Jaws Tow-In World Cup, the eyes of the surfing world were on me in a way they'd never been before.”

160. “To be honest, my videos are for myself. I didn't look at social media as a vehicle for my comeback.”

161. “Showing weakness and showing fear and letting people in was a huge part of my comeback.”

162. “Steve Binder did the Elvis comeback special in 1968, you know. He did the Diana Ross special. He has won Emmy Awards. I think he's the premier, variety special man in America.”

163. “When I was making a comeback we were talking to Roy Jones but he wasn't having any of it.”

164. “I think my best times were in the seventies, when I made the comeback. Then there was '76, when 'Shove It' came along.”

165. “I think my best times were in the '70s, when I made the comeback. Then there was 1976, when 'Shove It' came along.”

166. “Every time I do a TV series or a film, I am asked if it's a comeback. No, it's more about getting a good role or not.”

167. “I don't know, I am lucky. I always make a good comeback.”

168. “I'm new to the club but I've had a television since I was little and ever since I can remember I've been watching Madrid complete comebacks when it seems there is no chance.”

169. “I know other people sometime make comebacks that don't go that well.”