Niecy Nash Quotes

I define success a little differently. My dream from day one was to act and stand on my own two feet. I'm literally living my dream after struggling really hard to get here and that in itself is success to me.

I let my life, and success, speak for itself.

Whatever I do, I do it because I want to do it and because it's completely, 100% me.

I'm happy when I'm doing what I do best.

I don't make a concerted effort to distinguish myself as Duncan D. Hunter versus Duncan Hunter. I just do my own thing. That's good enough for me.

I would just like to be known as my own person. I don't need to ride on any coattails. I just want to make my mark myself.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

That's what I'm doing. I'm trying to follow what I want to do as my dream. How do I become independent from everybody else?

I want to be successful, and I want to do good, but I also want to be myself.

I never said to myself, 'I'm going to be the greatest.' I just wanted to do my own thing.

With all due respect to Coach O'Brien and Coach Godsey, I've told them I'm going to be me.

I want to be self-made and leave a mark.

I would like to be as successful as Ian Botham was, but if I'm doing anything, I'm doing it as myself.

I'm not trying to live anybody else's life.

I just want to find my individuality.

To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.

I just want to be who I am. I think all women go through the belief that they need to be superwoman - that to be successful in any way, and I don't necessarily mean in business or anything, but just to be a successful person, you have to be superwoman.

Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.

Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.

Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.

'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.