Quotes About Assertiveness

I'm ready to come out and show people I'm able to play defense.

I feel like I am the best defensive player in the league.

It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.

I think in some ways we have allowed other people to set the agenda. Other people to define who we are.

I know what I want, and it's hard to delegate.

I'm not a delicate man.

You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these.

I like to look good. I'm well-respected, and I demand that - and I don't mind showin' off!

I don't mind demanding women.

I've just learned how to put things into perspective and how to not be afraid of change while making decisions for myself. Also, asking for what I want and demanding what I need and being more confident in who I am and my ability.

Drag was always looked at as a stepchild, and I wasn't willing to sit at the kid's table anymore so I took what's mine. You can't depend on other people to give you what you want; you have to take it.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

It doesn't help me to burn bridges, but I'm not going to sit back and be given blame when I don't deserve it.

I only scream if screaming is deserved.

I'm not going to compromise and settle for what I feel is less than I deserve or less than anyone deserves.

The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have.

I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film. If, despite that, they hold it against me, I cannot help it. I cannot do things that I don't want to just to please someone else.

To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.

I've always been very determined to do things my own way and people can expect that from me.

I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

I always said, even in Developmental, 'Yeah, I'm the beauty and all that. I'm the hot one, the sexy one - but I also have the brains and the strength to back it up.' So, that was my biggest thing.

But while Taya is so good, she is still no diamond. She is still no Tessa Blanchard. I am one of the best in the world!

I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.

I feel like if you start letting other people dictate how you're going to play the game, you shouldn't play the game. That's just that simple.