Maksim Chmerkovskiy Quotes

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready.

I think if I'd quit years ago, I'd never have known what I was capable of doing.

I've been told no a thousand times and 'Model Search' gave me the opportunity to be seen, to be heard.

I just want to keep working hard. I just want to keep improving myself. And I just want to prove people that I can play in the real game.

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

When you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.

After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

Just keep on going and keep believing in your own original vision, no matter what odds you have to overcome. And especially don't be stopped by your own fears.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.

Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.

I admire someone like Beyonce. She has amazing commitment. I needed to accept that I probably did not fit into that forum. Doing that 'The Cherry Thing' record was a big part of finding that place where I belong, where I may shine, but I never doubted it was there.

I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.

I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.

If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.

You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.

It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.