Quotes About Growth

I was never a great screen and roller, obviously.

Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

There's a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

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.'

I heard so much negative about the rookie year, but it really wasn't like that for me.

I didn't expect this - to be 19, be a rookie, playing this much and having a kid. It's a lot, but, I mean, I'm enjoying it.

There are a lot of things that you learn as a rookie and you grow the most, I would say as a rookie from your first year to your second year.

I was fortunate to be in a great situation in Canton, be the leader of the team my rookie year. I got to show a lot of people that I was an NBA player on a nightly basis.

My rookie year, it was a crazy atmosphere.

When I was a rookie people would always ask, 'What are you going to bring to the team?' Now I don't get asked that question anymore. People know.

In my rookie year, I got a chance to play and from there on, I just tried to prove I can be a really good player in this league.

I've probably exceeded every expectation I had for myself, going into my rookie year of what my NFL career would be.

When I was a rookie, it was pretty much my first time outside of the city that I grew up in.

We love telling stories about characters who you root for, even though they sometimes make it really hard for you to root for them and the choices they make.

A lasting architecture has to have roots.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

A daughter is more difficult than a rose.

You can't have a pain-free life. It can't all be roses and unicorns.

I'm really good at growing roses.

A rough beginning doesn't have to mean there is a rough end.

I'm not writing about the 1 percent of people who have this fairy-tale, amazing life. I'm writing about people like me, who maybe had a rough childhood.

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

Going through rough times will only make me and my team stronger.