Carolyn Murphy Quotes

Oh, I never knew I was going to be a great player.

Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.

It's intimidating when you have to stand onstage amongst a bunch of men who are dedicated to maintaining peak musculature and athleticism, and they're six-five, 240 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal. It's a lot to stand up to... My goal is to not look like Chris Farley.

Sports were a way for me to get comfortable with my body. I learned to appreciate everything I could still do.

I've always been a mediocre student, so I never won an award in school. I'm not very athletic, so I've never won a sports award. So, I'm a mediocre person.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.

I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like, 'Am I going to the gym enough this month? Have I been taking care of myself?' I get insecure about things from time to time.

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type.

I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.

I don't think I'm successful.

When I started out as a model, I took things for granted. Because I bagged work thanks to my looks, I didn't give my body any importance. I was a couch potato who'd eat anything. Then, in 2005, a tabloid ran a story calling me fat. I thought, 'I'm famous. How can I be fat?' It was a slap. I decided to get fit.

I felt very comfortable about myself when I was much heavier. I feel much better about myself from being fit.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.

I look at myself, and how much I've gotten just because I play a sport well.

Sometimes those fears creep into the back of your head, but then you slap yourself and think, 'Oh, woe is me! People actually like me.' What a silly thing to worry about. This is a huge opportunity, and I'm excited.

I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.

The feathers have been retired to the London Hard Rock Cafe. I don't obsess about it as much. Also, it's strange - the better physical shape I get in, the less I care about what suit I'm covering myself up in. I'm not really out to flaunt it, but I'm just more comfortable in my own skin.

I'm not good at anything except writing jokes. I wasn't good at sports, I wasn't good at anything artsy, ever. I think there was a real worry for a while about what I would be good at. I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd.

I was neither good in sports nor at studies, but I always wanted to stand out and be noticed.

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

I'm super athletic and I love to work out, and obviously I need to workout for my industry as well, but I love learning something and developing that skill and feeling strong. Girls who can kick butt are hot.