Quotes About Self-reliance

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

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

My parents have never given me anything on a plate.

It's amazing that my career took off from my living room. It's an amazing time when everyone has a platform and everyone has the ability to get where they're going without the middle-man.

I am glad that I had to work my way up and was not handed anything on a platter.

I just go out there and play basketball. I'll let everything else handle itself.

I don't have to play football.

A lot of guys thought I'd bow down to them, but I wasn't like that. I was just trying to play football and do my thing.

Look, I'm an entrepreneur, I want to create things, I'm a builder. I don't want handouts. If I didn't play football I'd be doing something else. That's me. I don't want to be held back. I want to go forward. I want to better myself.

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.

Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.

Please, believe in yourself!

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

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

I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.

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

All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.

I'm not out to please everyone.

I have never been a mass appeal kind of an actor, so I don't have to worry. I don't have to please everyone.

I'll take no charity! What I get I'll earn by taking it. I would feel no pleasure it being given to me, any more than a huntsman would take pleasure being made a present of a dead fox, in place of getting a run across country after it.

It's me who fixes the roof, unblocks the drain, and changes the plug. I'm Spartacus.

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.