Quotes About Empowerment

'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.

Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate.

With a very small team you can create compelling content and reach a large audience.

My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.

No woman ever lived who could compete with a man on an equal basis - even a 55-year-old man. There's a lot of talk about Women's Lib. They feel they're worth as much as the guys, but they can't play a lick if they can't beat a 55-year-old guy.

I respect women but do not necessarily believe that women need to compete with men.

You can't lose a game in which you're not even competing.

I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.

I love who I am. But being a woman competing in a male-dominated sport and always trying to push the envelope as a female athlete, you get a lot of comparisons to men and things like that.

I don't think that my job requires me to be competitive at all. I'm in my office by myself, or I'm in my writers' room with my people. I've chosen a job in which there's no competition allowed. It's probably best for everyone.

Ultimately, our competitive advantage is that we're the most creator-first company on the planet.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.

Growing up, I always got 'She's a man,' or 'She plays too hard,' or 'There's just no way that she can be that good because, you know, a girl can't do that.' And I struggle with it a little bit. I'm like: Well, am I going too hard? And then I just realized, like, I'm a competitor.

I look up to Divas like Trish Stratus and Lita. They are very beautiful women and they are bad. They are strong and great competitors who can handle themselves.

My main purpose in launching StrongmanAcademy.com is so competitors know how to win and beginners know what to do.

I'm not a docile, complacent person when it comes to racial aggressions.

Don't sit there and complain. Rub your hands together and figure out what to do.

It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.

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

What I found out is, I need complete autonomy. I can't have nobody looking over my shoulder saying I can't say this or that.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

You should never need a guy to make you feel complete.

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.