Quotes About Self-discovery

'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.

Whether or not cutting my hair was the right decision, it empowered me.

It was easier to act, in a way, than to be myself. Somehow I just felt I was in the right place.

I can gabble on now, but I couldn't when I was a kid, so I spent a lot of time in my own head on the moors by myself. It felt like writing was the right way to express myself.

I was going nine times a week. You get to a point where you don't really know who you are. You're running on high octane, and you'll take all comers in every arena because there was no police. Every arena, you'd take on everybody that would come in the ring.

I'm very confident in my ability to learn, but every time I'm in the ring, I can't believe the things I can do and that I've learned.

We had to learn that in London and in Rio that we just weren't enough at that point. Did we believe it in that moment? Absolutely. We had to go one extra step to figure it out.

Starting at 16 in Australia at Riot City Wrestling, I learned a lot about myself and wrestling in general.

Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.

I was actually born a robot, so 'Westworld' is just autobiographical.

Every once in a while, I'll have an acting role that allows me to look at something in my life and work it out.

I didn't have a role model when I was younger.

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

Every time someone asks me where I'm from, I'm not sure how to answer that question... so I say I have no roots.

It is nice to go down the memory lane and remember who I am and what my roots are.

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.

Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.

Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life.

Running for me is self-exploration.

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

I don't know who I am outside of someone who's just trying to be free and find safety for myself and for others.

I don't watch TV. I don't watch anybody else's saga but my own.

Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?

I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.