Reality Check Quotes

“That’s the way it is in the Italian culture. A little corporal punishment with whatever object is handy. An umbrella, the wooden spatula, two hands shaking with anger. No big deal. You mess up, you earn a light beating from your parents. I know what some readers are going say, but it’s all good. It comes with the territory. Though I have to admit, as a result of those punishments during my adolescence, I now suffer from a rare psychological condition known as “having respect for others.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“Be grateful for today. Be grateful for the simple things like your job and family, food in the fridge, and your health. If you come from a default of positive energy, you attract more blessings and abundance.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“grateful for today. Be grateful for the simple things like your job and family, food in the fridge, and your health.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“In the recipe of success, one of the main ingredients is failure. The key is to not give up on yourself. When you come across an obstacle, you have to understand it’s nothing more than a brilliantly disguised opportunity. Keep moving forward, don’t give up, and eventually you’ll find success. Too many people face failure and treat it like a finality. Once you meet failure, it simply means you’ve found a way that didn’t work. Use that knowledge to find another way.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“Do not seek revenge; the rotten fruits will fall by themselves.” I think”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“Never let your emotions rule your intelligence. Get outside your body and try to understand what is happening. Understand the bigger picture of things. Get back to your standard operating procedure. Be grateful for today. Be grateful for the simple things like your job and family, food in the fridge, and your health. If you come from a default of positive energy, you attract more blessings and abundance.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“Life doesn’t get easier you just get stronger”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“What I wasn’t considering was the reality that most people aren’t successful in their first attempts at recovery. In the recipe of success, one of the main ingredients is failure. The key is to not give up on yourself. When you come across an obstacle, you have to understand it’s nothing more than a brilliantly disguised opportunity. Keep moving forward, don’t give up, and eventually you’ll find success. Too many people face failure and treat it like a finality. Once you meet failure, it simply means you’ve found a way that didn’t work. Use that knowledge to find another way.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“Joey Fist Pumps got selected for the show but declined because he was offered a union job in construction.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“Once you meet failure, it simply means you’ve found a way that didn’t work. Use that knowledge to find another way.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“At least we’re not going through this alone. We have each other.” It reminded me of when we were kids and did everything together except, you know, this time, it was prison instead of a taekwondo tournament.”
― Mike Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

“while I raced around town scoring as many”
― Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison