Sue Bird Quotes

I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both.

New York is a place that can grind you down and spit you out. A true New Yorker doesn't get ground down - he gets polished.

I feel like when I play, I play tough. That's the New York in me. That's the street tournaments.

I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.

I grew up in a family that played golf, and my brother was much better than me, so I kind of put that aside. I had to be good at something other than golf.

I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.

I was actually born in New York City, but my family moved to Atlantic City when I was five, this being my dad's home town, so I think that qualifies me as a Jersey resident if not a bona fide native.

Every day is a learning experience for city kids, and they are really sort of forced to interact with everyone around them and develop into social beings.

You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places.

I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.

I used to go to school in Manhattan with a bunch of the City Kids.

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete.

I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am.

I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.

I don't see myself as some television star; I see myself as a girl from Albany.

If I'd been from a different background, I could have gone to a grammar school, I suppose. I might have been a different person.

All my life I've felt quite misunderstood because of my personality.

I'm not a winner. My nature is not the nature of a winner.

I'm a tournament guy; that's what I grew up doing.

I just don't want to be known as the face for cancer. It is one part of my life. Yes, it was a major part because it changed me a lot, but that is not all my life.

One of the things I noticed while I lived in New York City was how different the kids and teens were that grew up there versus, you know, my suburban upbringing. They have this innate resilience and toughness to them, and they're incredibly self-sufficient, usually from a pretty young age.