Shannon Purser Quotes

People feel like they have to live up to being perfect or have a perfect life or be perfectly happy, and it just makes them more unhappy.

I think if you're in this business, like any high-stakes business, the highs and lows can make you a manic-depressive person, if you weren't that way to start with. 'Cause it's just so crazy on your psyche. A lot of it has to do with people thinking they're greater than someone else.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, like I was saying before, if you give one-hundred percent of your best, and you may have fault, but there is nothing you can do, because you gave one-hundred percent.

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world.

It's hard to continue to be great and have so much on your back, knowing that even a little mistake can mess you up for good.

I had intense anxiety, just with the acting and expectations. Am I good enough for this? This is so big. I'm on the cover of four magazines right now. Am I worthy of this? You question everything about yourself, and I did that. I put a lot of pressure on myself to make sure that I had the body and all of that.

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

The price of being the best is having to be the best.

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

My biggest advice for high school girls is to not take yourself so seriously.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

If you're not the brightest or if you're not great at sports, or if you're not artistic, then you've got to find a way to make your mark; otherwise you're just this tiny little insignificant dot. I didn't want to be insignificant, so I made people laugh.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I'd rather be imperfect than perfect.

The thing that you think is imperfect about you is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else. I have a scar on my lip, and for years I hated it. But now its become my thing. It's like, without it, I'm not me. You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections. I can't stress that enough.

When I was in high school, there was a lot of pressure on me. I felt like I had to be perfect.

Modelling killed me.

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.