Matt Lauria Quotes

I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.

I was a bully while growing up.

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.

I was bullied a lot as a kid.

If they are laughing at you, how can they bludgeon you to death?

The harassment and the bullying that students face is a learned behavior.

I experienced bullying in different forms.

Bullying is a topic that's been close to my heart for a while.

Bullying is so common that it's viewed as almost 'normal,' but it should never be.

Bullying has been around since humans have been around, I think. I think it is wrong.

I think everyone at school experiences some form of bullying. With kids at school, it can be anything - it can be your shoes or the wrong bag or anything. If you are big like I am, you are always going to be a target. So I decided at school to make myself an even bigger target, if you like: to make myself as big as I could be.

Bullying, to me, starts very small around the kindergarten age where the first thing we learn is to call each other names. Something so small can be so long lasting in someone's life.

'Gut' was my nickname. And I was picked on terribly by many, many kids.

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms.

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

Within childhood behaviors, there are known behaviors; there's teasing and there's name-calling, and different kinds of things happen as kids start to socialize. And then there's serious bullying, and then there's actual aggression and behavioral problems. But you can't put it all under the tent of bullying.

I remember being bullied at school, and I remember being cruel to other kids.

Hour after hour, they shouted at me, accused me, insulted me and members of my family.

Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved.

I have a problem with bullying.

I got picked on a lot as a kid.

I remember dealing with bullies in high school and being put down because I was different.

I was bullied about everything, from the way I looked to the fact that my father had been a dancer.

I was made fun of by a lot of other kids in such a way that I didn't feel like I was human.