Heidi Roizen Quotes

My success is not who I am.

Maybe some people look at me and just see a footballer, or a black footballer. But I am much more than this. I tell my best friends all the time, 'If you look at me as a footballer, and not as Little Kouli, and not as your friend, then I have failed in life.'

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.

Know thyself.

I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person.

Everyone grows at their own pace, and you shouldn't compare yourself to anyone.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

I would like to be re-considered as a person.

We have to learn from our mistakes. But it's part of my game; I won't be arrogant of saying that I will keep doing this. We have to learn from our mistakes.

Everyone makes mistakes, and we need to learn to forgive ourselves.

I think it helped me like myself more, playing Hedwig.

Every day you must try to make your own self-image grow; this you can do.

Learn more about yourself! Make a self-esteem collage using pictures of other people you wish you were.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I'm actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they, in turn, were my life lessons.

Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

When I was younger, I remember thinking, 'I have to pass this mark' or 'I have to get this role' or 'I have to do this or that' and then that will mean I have accomplished something. But life is actually all about the process and not about the goals.