So says the mural painted on the side of Leeds Metropolitan University that bears the face of Rob Burrow.
If anyone knew the meaning of adversity in a professional and personal sense, it's Rob.
At 5'5" and under 11 stones in weight, professional rugby league player probably wasn't top of the list if you were asked to guess what he did for a living. What he may have lacked in height or weight though, he more than made up for in attitude and ability.
A 16-year professional career that took in over 500 games for Leeds, Yorkshire, England and Great Britain with eight Grand Final wins and a catalogue of incredible individual performances wasn't enough to bring him notoriety outside the rugby league community, such is the sport's position in the UK media.
In typical Rob Burrow style, he signed off his playing career in 2017 with a Grand Final win at Old Trafford, his own personal theatre of dream-like moments.
Sadly, it took personal rather than professional adversity to bring him that wider recognition.
In December 2019, he was diagnosed with the currently incurable and life-limiting Motor Neurone Disease
This was always an opponent that no amount of dazzling footwork or wholehearted defending was going to defeat.
MND is a remorseless, rapacious condition. It strips away who you are from the inside out. It takes your ability to move, to speak, to do anything without assistance and it will not stop until it takes your last breath with it.
It would have been easy after his diagnosis for Rob to hide away, to sulk or mourn his fate and that of his family. It sums him up as a player and a person that he did no such thing.
Shortly after his diagnosis, Rob took the field in his own testimonial game. It was obvious even at this point that the disease was starting to impact his speech and co-ordination, but nobody who saw it will ever forget the outpouring of emotion on and off the pitch that day.
As with every challenge, Rob faced his declining health with grit, intensity and humour. He devoted his time to being the best possible advocate for MND fundraising and research in the media for as long as possible.
Leeds now has the Rob Burrow Marathon. Leeds Hospitals Charity is fundraising for a new MND centre to be built, which will bear Rob's name, as does the player of the match award in the Super League Grand Final.
In the face of personal adversity, his dreams may have changed but his desire to realise them burned just as brightly as the flames that seemed to shoot from his jet-heeled boots.
Rest well, Rob. You won't be forgotten.
