Bonnie Blair Quotes

Working solo means you don't have to account for anybody else. You do it yourself, so you're not trying to please others as well as yourself; you're just trying to do the best you can.

I don't need government to be successful.

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts.

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining. Someone will always be better, richer, more loved, do more work. Those dynamics don't interest me. The friends I hang out with, we create our own work rather than complain about acting.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

The one with the primary responsibility to the individual's future is that individual.

In F1, nobody is here to help you, and you have to make your place, and that is done by everyone individually.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit.

If I'm on my game it doesn't really matter about anybody else.

I don't believe in legacy. I feel that the 'mega' tag definitely acts as a platform, but after that, it's all on the individual. Legacy does not mean a crown that is passed on; we have to create our own paths.

Nobody's going to help me when I get in that ring. That's how I like it: the responsibility's on me, and whatever happens is down to me, nobody else.

I feel I'm my own quarterback and have accomplished my own things.

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you.

You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you.