Mariella Frostrup Quotes

I was given a horn at an early age. I never really got a chance to think about doing anything else until I was about 18, when I realized I could do something else if I wanted to. In my teens, I was rolling in it.

I remember saying in college that I would never do commercials.

I'm trying to avoid having regrets about missing opportunities. That would be the worst thing. Like having an audience waiting, and not working hard enough, and coming out with a record that disappointed them.

Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way.

I think, between the tattoos, the way I dress, the way I talk, people don't think it should go together with a franchise quarterback or someone that's leading the team or representing the organization.

When I tell people I'm a model, studying for my engineering, they are impressed.

I don't think it changes who you are inside. But when you have a lot of money, it makes a lot of things easier. That's why everyone wants to be successful.

I was the first in my family to go to college, and so, growing up, I thought that dressing well opened doors.

When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.

I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.

Football has set me up to provide for my family, it has allowed me a better opportunity to do things in my life that track may have not.

I am actually a perfectly capable modern man who can cook, clean, wash, and find my way to places, but nobody believes it.

If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.

I try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so much. I don't want to feel I missed something important.

You either decide to take the easy way out, which means you're only going to disappoint yourself and everybody else, or you take the risk right now of being a fool, which is the only way you'll end up being exhilarated later on when you actually watch the movie.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

I'm actually in a funny place now where I'm more secure than I've ever been. My career is more stable than it's ever been and that's nice, but it's put this thought in my mind where I'm like, "I have more to lose now." I still have to remind myself that I can't be quiet and back away from the things that have got me here, which is kind of doing it my way and not necessarily caring what the consequences are. A lot of that comes back to music.

You just have to be persistent. I think that's one of the biggest things about the model industry and this career is being persistent and believing in yourself and also being ready when the timing is right. So much of it is about timing and luck, so to be ready when you get the opportunity.

Confidence is the most important thing, more important than gold or currency.

I always think about opportunity and how you regret the things you don't do.

Will you look back on life and say, 'I wish I had,' or 'I’m glad I did'?

I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don't think money's a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.