Quotes About Growth

Not everyone is comfortable with being pushed.

I've been lucky because I've had wonderful teachers along the way who have nurtured and pushed me to the next level.

Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it.

In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.

I sometimes wonder if I pushed myself to get out there and meet people I'd get more work.

If you close your eyes and think about where you feel the most safe, you're probably not going to tell me it's in a room full of police. You feel safe where you're around people that love you, when you have food and shelter, when you're being pushed to be your best self and learn.

I had trouble in high school, and it has really pushed me to do something big and make a difference.

If anything, any success that I have ever experienced has been because people who didn't have to care about me did, and they pushed me to see things in myself that I did not see in myself at the time.

I believe that every fight we've had is a big fight, and every fight we've had is a fight where I've learned a lot of things in the ring, I learn about myself, and it's sort of pushed me to know where I can go.

As an actor, to be able to experiment and grow and be pushed, it's been phenomenal for me, and it's given me confidence to move forward.

Dealing with bullies when I was in sixth and seventh grade has made me a better football player, believe it or not. You have to come to a point when you're like, 'I've had enough, and I'm not going to be kicked around and pushed around anymore.'

I pushed away a lot of friendships.

I want coach to be tough on me. That's the only way, I feel, if you're pushed, it will make you play better.

Every player that I've ever been around that's worth a damn wants to be challenged and wants to be pushed, and wants to be coached hard, and wants to be held accountable.

There's been a lot of good people in Cincinnati who have pushed me, my wife and my family to be better people, and we're grateful for that.

We have the biggest title in the sport and we wanted to make sure that we pushed ourselves and experimented with the sport and I think we've done that.

Michel Roux Jr is like an older brother to me and he constantly pushed me to learn - even when I was young and I probably didn't appreciate what he was doing for me.

I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

A good collaboration pushes the boundaries of both partners.

Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they don't feel like they've done it yet. It pushes you to evolve.

I have dealt with criticism from my first drama, and I think that is a part of our profession. It brings me down but definitely pushes me to do better.

I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I don't think I can, to do things that other people do not think I can. It pushes me. I push my own personal limits.

Fear of failure is a great thing. It pushes you past your comfort levels.

If someone offers a film, I'm willing to do it if it's something I have not done before or pushes my boundary.