Quotes About Self-reliance

I thought I was weak and couldn't be on my own. But actually, I can do it; I just need to be a bit braver.

I think anytime you start relying on a format to get you by you've got weak material to begin with.

As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person.

My momma wasn't a weak person and she wasn't a complainer. So I don't wanna be like that.

If you are learning how to box, any type of support will make you weak. Any type of support is counterproductive.

I do not listen to criticism or flattery, one weakens you and the other angers you.

I'm not a hustler. I don't pitch songs. I don't ask people to write with me. It's not what I do.

Not only am I knowledgeable and have a good friend base who can pitch in when I need them, and daughters, but I can afford to pay the people.

You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.

I started coaching in the Interregionale league in Catanzaro. There were pitches with no grass; at times, we had no water, no training equipment. I had to do it all myself.

I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head.

There's very few pitching coaches that I worked with that actually came out on the mound and told me what I was doing wrong with the knuckleball. Because they just didn't know. So I had to figure it out. I was on my own.

I never wanted anyone's pity.

I run with a credit card and a cell phone, so when there is not a 7-Eleven around, like some of the country roads out there, I can get him to deliver a pizza to me. And I kind of give them a coordinate, a corner.

I make myself pizza if it comes down to that drastic measurement.

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.

Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?

The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing it on our own and, in a sense, we have to.

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more.

I don't have a family. I'm not planning one. I don't have to support anyone but me and my dog.

I am an old fashioned guy. I want to first stand on my two feet and then start thinking about settling down. At the moment no marriage plans.

We never complained, 'We don't have this or that.' Even though we had to plant certain things and harvest them to be able to eat, we never complained.