Jim Nantz Quotes

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I think it's important to inspire other people to try and do things that people discourage you to do.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.

If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.

I've always strived to prove people wrong.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

I was told 'you can't play for England, you're at Bolton.' I proved them wrong.

Every single year, there's gonna be something else that people say I can't do or that you can't do in general. And it's your job to prove them wrong.

I was raised on an estate in an inner city school where people had a go about my size, people saying I am too big to play football - which still happens today - and I used that to inspire me.

I came to Chelsea and it was 'oh you can't play Champions League, you can't do this, you can't do that' and I proved them wrong.

When I was a kid, people kept saying, 'You can't do this, you can't do that,' and I wanted to prove them wrong.

I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but I'm proving them wrong. Acting has helped me overcome the challenge.

My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did.

People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.

When I was at school, most people were planning on going to university and becoming doctors or lawyers. I wanted to be a singer, and I was laughed at. It was tough, but I never let anything stop me.

If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.

My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.'