Quotes About Self-esteem

When I was a teenager, a mean comment would have hurt me deeply, I've made it my mission to be a role model for young girls and boys and help show them that other people's words or opinions have nothing to do with how beautiful they actually are.

Looking up to girls for inspo is a beautiful thing, but comparing yourself is what creates the anxiety and self-hatred. It's really important that young girls know the difference.

Girls are told they're not skinny enough, or they hear, 'She's old. She's boring. We've had her. She's not tiny anymore.' A lot of people don't take into account the vulnerability of these young girls.

I think it's really important for all young girls to see themselves represented in fashion so they don't feel alone in the world.

I think the quicker we tell young girls who dream of playing professionally that they should believe in themselves, the more prepared they will be for the world of pro sport.

It is really important for young girls to see a more natural shape on stage and not your supermodel sizes - seeing someone the same size as them.

As a young guy I was really shy, more shy than I am now.

I found I was being pushed to one side and I was being ear-marked as being thick, which is a very damaging thing to be told as a young kid.

I always had a weight issue since I was a young kid.

A lot of people don't know, when I was a young kid, I couldn't stand when the teacher would call on me to read something, especially out loud.

When I was a young kid, I didn't have a lot of confidence.

We're trying to give a young man life lessons - sacrifice, commitment, teamwork, self-confidence, self-esteem. That's what this sport does for kids.

The basic equation that mystified me as a young man was looking at guys who could actually get girls. I was always amazed, because they never seemed to care. I was like, 'How do they do that?'

I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence.

Having a bad haircut can be quite traumatic!

From any traumatic injury, you're going to experience a lack of confidence. There's a whole process you have to go through to break free of that.

I've been in gyms before and people have recorded me on their mobile phones and uploaded it on Facebook and said: 'Look at this fat pig,' which has been really traumatic for me to see.

It's taken me a long time to enjoy shopping. As a plus-size girl, you walk into a store, and it can sometimes be like a designer doesn't know you exist. It's become a fun treasure hunt.

Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself.

Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.

The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.

Mood disorders are terribly painful illnesses, and they are isolating illnesses. And they make people feel terrible about themselves when, in fact, they can be treated.

My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.

Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments.