Jay-Jay Okocha Quotes

'South Pacific' - I really learned a lot. I swear I like to say that during 'South Pacific,' I went from being a girl to being a woman.

It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

I grew up overnight on that day, Dec. 27, 2007.

My 20s were a completely and utterly different time in my life.

Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.

'Be Cool' was a defining movie for me.

I played with Eddy Curry twice and in New York, the second time, he asked, 'Who are you?' My first to fourth year I was a different person. I started thinking big picture, that maybe I don't have all the answers.

When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of.

I want to be known as someone who grew up a little.

I was a very protected and confused kid till 24. It was after then, that I started taking my life seriously.

Everybody goes through hardships but hardships make you the person you are, and I feel that is important.

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.

If I take back any of the bumps, bruises or scrapes I've been through. I wouldn't be the same person.

Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.

Grown up? Me? I suppose I have. Killing things, and almost killing myself, must have changed me some, after all.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older, you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

My life is better with every year of living it.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.