Allyson Felix Quotes

Be yourself, take control of your life.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

I am definitely an individual.

I want to be defined by my own essence.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

I've learned that even just as an individual, regardless of who I am, and regardless of who anyone is, to really be true to yourself and your own self expression and really use your voice for that.

I want to be my own character.

I couldn't care what people are saying or not saying because I have my own life. I know who I am, I know who is Joanna Jedrzecjzyk. And I know who I want to be.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!

I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.

I have great friends around me that are positive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.

I can't give up my own identity.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.

I do what I feel I know how to do and don't do things that I don't. I'm a product of my sensibility.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.