Quotes about Personal Growth

For me, college was a big learning experience on and off the court, just growing as a person, becoming more mature.

Me going to college, I think, was a great idea. I went only for two years, but I was able to mature both on and off the court.

If I do the right things on and off the field that's how a player is going to learn.

I've grown a lot in my time in San Antonio, both on and off the court, and probably off the court most importantly.

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student, on the contrary, keeps on trying to do something or the other to achieve his goals.

I'd want to be born once more as myself, but more talented.

One minute, you're 18, 19. The next minute, you're 33.

One of the things that has happened for me is that whatever came next was better than what I had before.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

I definitely still like writing one-liners, but I also think that I've changed a lot in that I've allowed myself freedom to grow.

One creates oneself.

I believe in reinventing oneself if one has messed up and is repentant and actually makes an effort to change for the better, I'm all about that.

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.

Self-love is not something that you get in one day or two days. It's an ongoing process, and I go through it every day.

'Obvious Child,' the short, had a nice life online and a great festival run, but the short and the feature still stand apart from everything else I've done. I play a woman who you might meet in life. My other work is much more heightened.

Even little adjustments in promos or being a heel, different mannerisms in the ring, every week there's something I can do better. The only time I get flustered is when I try to do too many things at once. It's better to do one thing each week and work on that.

I'm really grateful for the opportunity I had on 'Boardwalk Empire,' just because it was very different than anything I'd done onscreen.

Every time I go onstage, it's a little less 'Chris Rock's brother.'

I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back, and so I try to learn from every film I make and carry that onto the next movie because I think it's important as a filmmaker to keep growing with each film, and I think I am growing with each movie.

Somehow I made it onto a show and then another show, and now I'm doing my thing. So, how did I start? Because my sister wanted to be a model, and I was dragged along to support her!

I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry into the flows of existence can be seen as a beginning, a commencement of a brand new way of seeing oneself in the world. This is the case for everyone.

You need somebody to open your eyes, to tell you there's things that you can do, and I had that person in Brian Marwood. I think if I'm where I am today, it's because of him.

As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot.

I was the first in my family to go to college, and so, growing up, I thought that dressing well opened doors.