Quotes About Challenges

I make no apologies for my quirky sense of humor, my personal challenges, my embarrassing moments, my messiness, and deep personal issues I've shared with the world. I have kept it 100% real... Real crazy at times, but always real.

I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At the same time, I'll never quit working in the theater - until I can't memorize two lines back to back.

When I was younger and I was getting older, I remember thinking that if I couldn't do it gracefully, then I would have to quit. You know, looking at yourself aging onscreen, it can bring up stuff. It's one thing to be aging in a job where your looks don't matter, but as an actress, it's so much part of your image.

I faced challenges as a kid, but who hasn't? A lot of people have experienced far worse. I was bullied, sure, and it was painful at the time. I even quit high school to get away from it. But I've never been the kind of person to let my past predict my future.

Once a heroine is beyond a certain age, she has to graduate to mother's roles or quit.

I had had to quit a few jobs in North Carolina because of how anxious they made me.

I didn't quit movies. They quit me.

My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it was nothing. So through the bad shows, I never wanted to quit.

It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible, especially in hockey arenas - the sound would go on for 30 seconds after we quit playing.

When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit.

Everybody has barriers to overcome, some more than others. I don't want to act like I'm all that unique. America's full of stories like mine. This is a special country with enormous opportunity for those who don't quit.

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.

It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.

There are a lot of reasons why people quit international football. Some struggle off the field. Some struggle with injuries.

When I first started playing in a youth football league, I was the worst kid on the team. I quit the first year. And then the next year, I was still the worst kid - I didn't even play.

I quit south Indian films because I was bored. The fans in south India were also quite demanding.

Losing is not an option in Kolkata. It's not easy, a lot of players even quit.

I haven't quite got the hang of this retirement thing.

I had to grow up quite quickly.

I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.

You need quite good shock absorbers and a sense of humour to be the Prime Minister's child.

There are quite a few actors in the business who are much more difficult than kids or monkeys.

To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.