--- title: "1 Downhill Quotes By Zdeno Chara" description: "1 Downhill quotes by Zdeno Chara. Plus more from Zdeno Chara and more Downhill sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/zdeno-chara-17585_challenges_it-s-one-of-those-things-like-in-sports_1353130.jpg" --- > [It's one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you're going to have some adversities and some challenges that are similar to the race. You go uphill one moment and then you go downhill, but that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/it-s-one-of-those-things-like-in-sports-and-other-situations-in-life/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/zdeno-chara-17585_challenges_it-s-one-of-those-things-like-in-sports_1353130.jpg) ## More by Zdeno Chara > [I'm not a freak show. I'm a hockey player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/i-m-not-a-freak-show-i-m-a-hockey-player/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [I will never know what it's like to walk down a street and feel unsafe. No one should have to experience that feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/i-will-never-know-what-it-s-like-to-walk-down-a-street-and-feel/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [I just enjoy every day, being with my teammates, going out to perform. I just love competing and I have an extreme passion for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/i-just-enjoy-every-day-being-with-my-teammates-going-out-to-perform-i/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [A lot of times life is spinning so fast around you that you kind of think it's out of control and that's when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/a-lot-of-times-life-is-spinning-so-fast-around-you-that-you-kind-of/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [You don't go into a game thinking you might get hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/you-don-t-go-into-a-game-thinking-you-might-get-hurt/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [First thing is first and let me be clear: I stand with the Black community. Black Lives Matter. There is no room in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/first-thing-is-first-and-let-me-be-clear-i-stand-with-the-black/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [Everything you hear that people are losing as you get older, I want to be a step ahead of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/everything-you-hear-that-people-are-losing-as-you-get-older-i-want-to/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [Hopefully I won't have to sleep with my feet out of the tent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/hopefully-i-won-t-have-to-sleep-with-my-feet-out-of-the-tent/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [Sure, I've dealt with my own share of adversity as an outsider living in this country but I recognize my challenges were not made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/sure-i-ve-dealt-with-my-own-share-of-adversity-as-an-outsider-living/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [It's one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you're going to have some adversities and some challenges that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/it-s-one-of-those-things-like-in-sports-and-other-situations-in-life/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [The great part, or the interesting part, is that when you stop eating something, you stop missing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/the-great-part-or-the-interesting-part-is-that-when-you-stop-eating/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [I remember climbing Mont Ventoux at the end of the day, and it was so, so hard. You have already three, four hours in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/i-remember-climbing-mont-ventoux-at-the-end-of-the-day-and-it-was-so/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [I love competing. I love doing all these things, coming to the rink, talking to the guys, doing the routine, working out in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/i-love-competing-i-love-doing-all-these-things-coming-to-the-rink/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [For sure it takes longer for bigger guys or tall guys to be really agile. Growing up, my dad and a few coaches always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/for-sure-it-takes-longer-for-bigger-guys-or-tall-guys-to-be-really/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) > [Playing the whole season and going through the whole playoffs in 2011 was the hardest 10-month period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zdeno-chara/playing-the-whole-season-and-going-through-the-whole-playoffs-in-2011/) [Zdeno Chara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zdeno-chara/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/downhill/zdeno-chara/#itemlist", "name": "1 Downhill Quotes By Zdeno Chara", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you're going to have some adversities and some challenges that are similar to the race. 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