Quotes About Assertiveness

I want to work closely with the government but it doesn't mean I become so weak and just toe the government line.

Jaya Prada isn't weak and Azam Khan would know this soon. I will defeat him. I am confident about it.

I like being the biggest on the pitch, I don't want to look at the other guys and think his arms are bigger than mine.

I didn't get as far as I have from sitting back and being dopey. I know what it takes to get a job, and I'm going to pitch myself.

I'd like to be more assertive when it comes to confrontation. I'm fine on the pitch, but off the pitch, I'm a bit of a softy.

It's having the confidence to go out there and say, 'You know what? I need to go out there and throw those pitches where I need to throw them,' and make it as simple as that.

I'm a Latina from Miami. I pity you if you think you're going out-shout me.

I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it. If you don't ask for something, you're not going to get it.

I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there's a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: 'Will she know how to assert herself?' It's not meant to be malicious. It's more, 'Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?'

I was fed up with being just plain Jane.

I don't know where that thought came from and I don't know why I had that thought, but I thought I was the best fighter on the whole planet.

A CEO of a multinational global company can't say what to do; you've got to plant the flag.

I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.

You've got guys who will kiss up, and I'm not gonna kiss up. I don't need to kiss anyone's butt. I'm here to play golf.

I'm the best player in the country. That's how I think. That's how I feel.

I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.

Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don't like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do.

Often we lose our identity trying to please or placate others.

I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned.

You know, you don't please everybody.

You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.

My eagerness to please sometimes gets the better of me.

I don't care what people say! Please get that straight. I really don't. Because I can't.

I can't please everyone. That's not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.