Bernie Ecclestone Quotes

It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a foot shorter. I remember hanging out with my friends, like at the mall, and thinking people were staring at me and talking about me. It made me turn inside myself. I became more shy and quiet.

I was an awkward kid.

I was the awkward, shy chick in high school.

I have a fear of people... Some days you just don't really want the attention of everybody looking at you. And it makes you feel insecure.

I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it.

I'm 87% socially awkward.

I was not a very... um... not a very popular girl. I think a lot of it was, you know, no boo-hoo about it - but I looked pretty strange for the first few years of my life.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

I can't make eye contact when people sing 'Happy Birthday' to me.

We all know what it's like to go through growing pains and have awkward moments talking to someone you have a crush on.

I get bashful in the spotlight. Even at home or at a birthday party, I hate that stuff.

I was so shy, I didn't have friends 'til 16 or something.

I'd never dance at school discos, I couldn't believe people could show themselves like that.

I don't really enjoy being the center of attention; I find it hard.

I am afraid I am totally hermetic to social games in general.

Truthfully, I'm incredibly shy, and I'm very awkward around boys.

For years I would sit on the side when my friends swam in the water. There is no feeling worse than that, to be afraid of what people will say about you, or to be embarrassed by who you are and what you are.

I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be awful. I'm a pretty shy person, really.

I'm the most awkward man alive.

I was definitely always the bigger girl and kind of weird. I didn't make friends very easily and I was a big reader, so I was very antisocial, and I knew that people were judging me.

For those of us who aren't great with people, we figure that silence is always the safest bet. If you're an introvert, you spend so much of your time wishing that other people would just shut the hell up that you figure you're doing everyone a favor.

I was voted 'most shy' in seventh grade! Can you even believe it?

Life is a series of embarrassing moments which leave you feeling alone in your confusion and shame

I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.

I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a pretzel and orange juice. I think I had that for lunch the first three years of high school.