Quotes About Validation

As an adult, you want to connect with people, and you want to feel accepted.

Every girl wants the same thing - to be accepted and loved for who she is.

The world of dance is where I felt accepted as a human being.

It means a lot to be accepted as an athlete as I have and I can be myself.

Without critical acclaim, you are just a successful commercial director, and nothing more.

If somebody gives you accolades, that's nice to hear but it's not the end-all, be-all for me.

Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well.

I don't feel like what I've done are 'accomplishments.'

If no one is watching, it doesn't matter what else you are achieving, you are not successful.

Obviously as a player, it's good to feel wanted, and it's good for other people to acknowledge what you've been doing on the court.

Being acknowledged as one of the best is enough for me.

If a person feels like 'They're not acknowledging me'... That's a very important feeling in life, even if it's not romantic.

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.

I am grateful to the activists and women who created the Black Lives Matter movement because I feel like they let me know I wasn't crazy.

If you are too into the fans and adoration and the world thinking you are the greatest, then you do not perform well.

If my team and family are happy for me, I'm not going to let what some fans think affect me in any way.

I didn't think too much about people who didn't believe in me. It hasn't really affected me.

I do care about what people think about me sometimes, and sometimes it affects me in a negative way.

I'm an artist; affirmation is like catnip to me.

If somebody says my ideas aren't good in the afternoon, I can go to a club that night and try to prove them wrong.

My agent loves me.

It's not that I don't have talent. I've had four gold albums in Scandinavia and they never heard of me as anything but a singer.

Sure, I'd love to be an all-star - without going. If that's possible.

Personally, do I feel like an All-Star? I don't think so.