Nina Dobrev Quotes

Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

It was a huge confidence builder to stand in front of 34 21-year-olds and explain something to them every day.

That's my job as a veteran in the league - to help make the young guys better.

I'm queen of mentorship.

The England captaincy job, after 50-odd games, has found out what kind of leader I am in terms of a person. It's made me feel far more confident in terms of talking to a group in any situation. But it has taken me a long time to feel like I've been doing it naturally.

I always feel like I can teach.

The more confidence you get as far as games under your belt, time spent with the guys, time in an offense, dealing with all the bull crap that you deal with in this profession. At some point you're kind of like, 'Screw it. I'm going to be me and do everything I can to win and if they don't like it, then oh well.

I've been coaching how many years? A long time.

I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.

Guys that are young in the league. Guys that you get to teach them your way. It's not a bad thing. It's actually a good thing. It's working for them. Teach them that way, and I guarantee they aren't as stubborn and hard-headed as I was, which sometimes is good, sometimes is bad. But like I always say, I'm not going to change who I am.

You always learn from both good and bad bosses.

I've always been comfortable speaking, especially on the field. Probably not as much off the field.

When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice - a lot of learning curves I had overcome.

There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.

Coach K was great. We had a couple of individual conversations and he definitely taught me a lot of things.

I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser.

I know how to lead.

I might be out of the league if I didn't have a guy like K.G. to show me the ropes and a coach like Doc Rivers.

There's nothing like making a decision when you're a football referee. It really pushes you to be very clear - to make that decision and to sell it to everybody who's there. You believe in it, but you have to make sure other people believe in it, too.

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

I had a lot of veteran guys who taught me things.

I went to bikram yoga once, it was fun, but boy was it tough.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

Because I'm a good reader, I'm a confident actor.