Quotes About Self-reliance

I've wanted to be Mick Jagger since I was 18. One of the things I love about music is that you don't have to be dependent on other people like you are in the film business. I hate being dependent on anyone. With my music, I can do whatever I want. I also think it's made me more relaxed as an actress.

At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record. I could start my own label. I could release my own record. I could book my own shows. I could write and publish my own fanzine. I could silk-screen my own T-shirt. I could do this all myself.

People still look for that elusive record deal, but you still can release records on your own, which is amazing.

I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off.

I have that wonderful release of growing up and thinking, 'I can do whatever I want. I can prioritise for myself.'

Many times, I thought the sat-phone was just a hindrance because it can become a crutch. You can call someone in Australia or Europe and talk about what you're going through, but it doesn't actually help. Sat-phones and GPS can't show you where the grass or the wells are.

I build a lot of stuff, but I'm not a 'construction guy.' But I'm one of these guys that sits with his hands on his hips and tells you I'm gonna fix everything.

I had never created my own business before. I had always been the gun to hire... But I had to finally say, nobody is going to give me my dream job, so I better figure it out myself.

People aren't hiring me to be a 'yes' man. They have their girlfriends for that.

Coach Saban's a great coach; he does it his way, and I have to do it my way. I have to cut my own cloth.

My father graduated from high school and didn't go to college and still found his way.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

I was kind of smart enough when I was young, 14 or 15 years old, to realize that if you're ever going to do anything and step out of the shadow of your own dad - not only in hockey, but in life itself - you're going to have to learn you're Brett and not 'Bobby's son.'

Cut out the free feed for the boss hogs at the public trough and the spill-over they've been leaving us. We'll manage.

No one's going to hold your hand in the boxing business. And the people who do end up ripping you off.

I'm much happier on my own. Being a member of The Corre, for example, I was obviously better than all three of those guys. However, I made the mistake of holding them as equals. No more.

I don't work with anyone. I have no editors. I have no directors. There's no one even holding the camera or anything. It's just me in my apartment.

I came from quite a free background living on this small holding farm, getting on my bike and running round the field and going on little adventures and always felt like a very independent person.

We not from Hollywood, so I'm not playing Hollywood's game.

I never had to run home and help anybody with their homework.

An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.'

Instead of giving people fish, teach them how to use hooks.

I don't believe in hope. I believe in action, if I'm an apostle of anything: There are always going to be complications, but to a large degree, everything is in your hands.

I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.