Clara Hughes Quotes

My kids miss me when I'm away, but I don't mind living out of a suitcase. The U.K., U.S., France, Germany, Iraq... it's such a thrill meeting people of different cultures, learning about and from them. It's changed my perception about life, humanity and spirituality.

I think we have seen evidence that being brave enough to go abroad can lead to a proper opportunity.

When you're young, for God's sake, get out and try everything in terms of a career. Or go abroad, meet people.

I travelled the world because of the way people saw me at the Olympics.

I have found a love for acting, but I also would like to live abroad for awhile or definitely go to college someday.

I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!

My life as a professional athlete has allowed me the opportunity to visit and live in many different places and meet many interesting and diverse people.

When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe.

Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens.

Young people should travel, and they don't. You can't know if you don't go.

I have an appreciation for everywhere I've been so far.

I lived my twenties on the road, in all different countries experiencing this momentum of a career which was taking off in its own way.

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.

In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.

What you don't get necessarily at drama school is a gigantic mix of people. At university, there's people from every social background, and you get to go through that period of being naive and not quite sure who you're going to be.

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.

What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones.

When we moved to Europe when I was a teenager, I really did not want to go. I was happy in my school, with my friends, but looking back on it, it was the best experience I've ever had. We traveled every weekend. I experienced incredible new cultures, museums, cities, and it really opened up my eyes.

Some players are quite homely, and they don't see themselves going abroad; others would relish the challenge. I can only speak personally, but I always wanted the challenge, and to go and live in a place like Barcelona was great.

Traveling changes you as a person. If you buy something, it's so different than if you put your money into traveling.

I collect memories. I look for opportunities to try new things, go to new places, and meet new people all the time.

My friends went on gap years and I just stayed in London.

It is important to experience everything. If you haven't travelled in life, if you haven't had friends, if you haven't been a Chhichhora, then you haven't done anything in life.