Quotes about Personal Growth

My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence.

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.

I want kids to know that it is okay to make a change in order to feel better about themselves.

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.

It's okay to fail if you learn from it.

I just do very old man, adult things.

I was a studio engineer out in L.A. for about six or seven years, and I played sideman for different people, and played in bar bands. I was an old man of 32 when I made my first album.

I try not to look at my old stuff or my new stuff, really. I'm not a fan.

My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'

I'd like to think I'm a good guy as I've gotten older.

As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.

As you get older, you start trying to eat a little bit better, and just do a little better.

My parents divorced when I was eight; I never really knew my dad, and my mom raised my older sister and brother and me alone. It was challenging.

To play an older woman, 'til the look is not affected, it is never a problem for me. To play a matured character, it's different. You get to learn so much. It becomes more serious.

I am an oldies act - yes, I am - there's that part of me, but I am so much more than that.

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.

The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.

When I participated in Rio Olympics in 2016, I failed to grab a medal. But it was a learning experience.

I'm more mature, my game is more mature, and I can do a bunch of things on and off the court to fully maximize this team's potential.

Growing up, your whole goal and dream is to make the NHL. Once you get there, you kind of have to expand your goals on and off the ice. It took a little bit of time for me to do that, but again, with age and maturity you understand what you want more and how to achieve those things.

I'm always happy for guys who are enjoying the game and maximizing their potential on and off the court.

You have to approach every day and try and get better on and off the field.

I think that's the biggest thing, just helping me grow on and off the court. It's always what I've been about, and I think that's special.