John Cusack Quotes

I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.

It took me to be 33 to start to know how to fight.

Sometimes the hardest decision is to say no to something, and I think when you're less confident or when you're younger, you say yes to everything, and as you get older, you realise you don't need to.

What happens when you get to the age of 60 is that you have no more doubts. I know why I'm here on this planet. I know what I need to do. I know what is a distraction and what isn't.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

When I look back on my twenties, I just remember being afraid of everything, and in my thirties, I'm actually excited by things. And if things don't work out, you know, by the time you've hit your thirties, you've had your fair share of disappointments.

When I was 27, I didn't have a clue what was going on! At that age, to have that much power and to have that much ambition is something.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

I've always thrown myself into different kinds of experiences, sometimes into really bad things. But, you grow up. You become more of a woman and you know yourself. I think knowing yourself is a wonderful thing especially when you're in your 40s and you're kind of in your skin. Life is not so confusing anymore.

At 13 years old, I was doing grown-man things, so I know who I am, and I'm telling people who I am.

I tried to listen to way too many voices in my first stint as a head coach. The second time around, I know what I want and how I want to do it.

I sometimes should be more decisive.

I've just learned how to put things into perspective and how to not be afraid of change while making decisions for myself. Also, asking for what I want and demanding what I need and being more confident in who I am and my ability.

The more mature you get and the more you understand about life, your picture gets clearer, the focus gets clear.

In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't suit me...' I remember thinking in my 30s, 'I should go to Burning Man. I could be a Burning Man person.' And in my 40s, I'm like, 'You know what? I'm never going to go to Burning Man.'

I'm an example of someone who got a bit more focused as I got older.

It's certainly what I like best about getting older. You're not up for grabs for criticism anymore. You make a decision, it's made, it's fine, you don't have to go back and rework it. You don't have to apologize.

It’s in how you carry yourself. I’ve always been a very mature person, and I’ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what.

A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.

It's confidence; it has to be something good about getting old. One of the things is that you just don't stress about some stuff that made you so worried.

I'm not a confused person in real life. I'm very clear.

Older students know what they want, which is good.

I think as I've gotten older and the things I've gone through, I'm not as concerned about what everybody thinks.

I'm happy with getting older and getting more focused. I thought I was focused when I was young, but you're only as focused as experience will allow you to be.

I actually love being a little older and doing this wedding thing. At 38, I know what I like and what I don't.