Quotes About Trailblazing

If anything, I was the definite edge of the spear into The Attitude Era, I believe, so it was way before its time, the stuff I was doing, and it kind of set the tone for what was to come.

I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldnt do it, but it was probably the best thing Ive ever done.

tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.

I had felt no hatred in all the years when they rejected me. If my work was new, I had to give them time to learn, if I took pride in being first to break a trail to a height of my own, I had no right to complain if others were slow to follow.

I want to be remembered as iconic and different.

You had to fight every inch of the way, that's what made us trailblazers.

I was the first Indian to take on and beat the best in professional wrestling, but I certainly don't want to be the last.

You want to talk about somebody that has changed the face of wrestling because of them being in it, I think it's pretty clear I did that.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

Most remember the groundbreaking first in sports; few remember the third or fourth to follow in those tracks. That's not downplaying anyone's achievements but rather recognizing that there comes a time when simply being there is no longer good enough for the record books.

Do not follow where the path may lead.

He who strays discovers new paths.

Dare to walk the path that others have feared to travel, and a leader shall then be born.

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

If you only do what others have already done, you will only feel what others have already felt. However, if you choose to achieve something that no one has ever done, then you will have a satisfaction that no one else has ever had.

I was one of the first women partners at my law firm, the first woman in my Minnesota prosecutor job, and the first woman elected from my state to the Senate. So advice from women who had done similar things was important for me.

I see similarities between Jackie Robinson and myself.

It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.

I believe in being an innovator.

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

WWE is all about doing things that have never been done.

I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of.

A tourist follows a trail; a mountaineer finds one.

The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own.