Quotes about Personal Growth

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

When it comes to work, I'm not competitive at all. Having Cara as my baby, I had to learn quite quickly that I couldn't be competitive because I had a sister who meant more to me. And I knew she was going to be brilliant, so I had to become very aware of not comparing.

I've never felt competitive; I'm not a competitive person. In general, I try not to be!

I'm a very competitive person - I grew up playing sports - so the challenge of always bettering myself is something that I like.

As a competitor, I want to push myself as much as I can to be at that level that I want to be.

Our biggest competitor is ourselves.

I needed to go through certain life experiences, and not just on the court, to make me into the competitor that I am, and also the person.

What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself.

I had my share of issues, but now, it's something that's made me who I am and no complaints.

We all have complexity in our lives.

You don't get anywhere unless you've had a little bit of a complicated life.

My high school experience - and I think a lot of people feel this way - was complicated and intense, and I learned a lot about female relationships during that time.

Empowering yourself is an essential component to building mental strength and creating the kind of life you want.

I couldn't comprehend why someone would film themselves alone in their bedroom and put it online. I thought that was so bizarre. Now I can't imagine not putting my life online and talking to a camera alone in my bedroom; it's become my life.

Everyone's careers go at different paces; you need to forget what other people are doing and concentrate on your own progress.

I would love to go on 'The Biggest Loser,' where it's a concentrated thing.

I still have a lot to learn. I'm concentrating on learning a lot more about music.

That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check.

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to learn about it. If you don't do it well, you'll be condemned to doing the same role over and over and over again. If you do it mediocre, you'll have to do it again.

My mother was a great influence in my life and my career. She not only helped me master the business side of radio, but she also taught me how to conduct myself.

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.