Quotes About Acceptance

Like I would love to be a ladies man, but it's like... uh, you're seven feet tall, and you need to shave!

When I was younger, I wanted to be tall and skinny. And because I wasn't, I was disappointed. The great thing about getting older is that I've come to accept my shape - and embrace it.

I'm a firm believer in young, old, tall, short, doesn't matter. Basketball is basketball. It's the way you approach it.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

I had no idea I was going to be this tall. Had I known that, I honestly would have stuck to basketball.

People tend to shy away from tall guys who dance, but hey, we can make it look good, too!

I could be 7ft tall and I'd still love longer legs.

I love being tall. I see guys who don't handle it so well, like that Dwayne Schintzius of Florida. I don't want to sound ignorant or anything, but that guy's got a problem.

I'm only five feet tall, so I'm short.

I've not liked how people treat you sometimes, but I love being tall.

The first time the doctors put on my prosthetic legs they made me much taller than I'd ever been. I then remember the doctor saying 'we need to shorten this man' and we all were in hysterics.

At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults but shy and awkward with other kids. I was quiet, bookish, and in spite of my size, hopeless at sports. In short, I was different. And even in the earliest grades, I got pounded for it.

I'm a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I'm not going to get any taller.

I wouldn't mind being a bit taller.

I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield.

Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'

I am 5'6' and desperately wish I was taller.

I'm certainly really rather tall at 6 foot 3, and I've been this way since I was 14, but for years, women who are even 5 foot 10 have come up to me in the street and said, 'Oh, it's so nice to see a woman who is taller than me. I've always felt like a giant.'

I don't want to be taller; I want to be myself.

My mom and I aren't the same size. She's a bit taller. And we're not the same shoe size either, which is heartbreaking.

Certain men get intimidated and insecure around me. They can never get over the fact that I am taller than they are, but it really shouldn't matter.

I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.

I wouldn't mind being taller or stronger.

I've never been particularly happy with what I see in the mirror - I don't think anybody ever is. And I'd like to be taller, too: I'm 5 ft. 9in.