Keith Olbermann Quotes

I grew up really being able to stand up to authority.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

I'm blowin' all the bullies away.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.

It's really important for us as a band, that when someone is giving us grief on stage, to show our fans how important it is that they stand up for themselves and that they feel confident in themselves.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.

Nobody puts Roach in the corner.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Nobody picks on a strong man.

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever.